"physical quantity" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: physical quantities [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} physical quantity (plural physical quantities)
  1. (physics) A physical property that can be measured or calculated from other physical property and expressed as the product of a numerical value and a physical unit. Wikipedia link: physical quantity Categories (topical): Physics Translations (physical property): كَمِّيَّة فِيزِيَائِيَّة (alt: kammiyya(t) fīziyāʔiyya) (Arabic), ֆիզիկական մեծություն (fizikakan mecutʿyun) (Armenian), magnitú física [feminine] (Asturian), fiziki kəmiyyət (Azerbaijani), физична величина (fizična veličina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), magnitud física [feminine] (Catalan), 物理量 (wùlǐliàng) (Chinese Mandarin), fyzikální veličina [feminine] (Czech), fysisk størrelse (Danish), natuurkundige grootheid (Dutch), fizika grando (Esperanto), füüsikaline suurus (Estonian), suure (Finnish), fysikaalinen suure (Finnish), grandeur physique (French), magnitude física [feminine] (Galician), ფიზიკური სიდიდე (piziḳuri sidide) (Georgian), physikalische Größe [feminine] (German), φυσικό μέγεθος (fysikó mégethos) (Greek), גודל פיזיקלי (Hebrew), भौतिक राशि (bhautik rāśi) (Hindi), fizikai mennyiség (Hungarian), besaran fisika (Indonesian), quantitate physic (Interlingua), cainníocht fhisiceach (Irish), grandezza fisica [feminine] (Italian), 物理量 (Japanese), физикалық шама (fizikalyq şama) (Kazakh), 물리량 (mulliryang) (Korean), fizikāls lielums (Latvian), fizikinis dydis (Lithuanian), physikalesch Gréisst (Luxembourgish), физичка величина (fizička veličina) [feminine] (Macedonian), kuantiti fizikal (Malay), ഭൗതിക അളവ് (bhautika aḷavŭ) (Malayalam), fysisk størrelse (Norwegian), grandor fisica (Occitan), کمیتهای فیزیکی (Persian), wielkość fizyczna [feminine] (Polish), grandeza física (Portuguese), ਭੌਤਿਕ ਮਾਤਰਾ (bhautik mātrā) (Punjabi), mărime fizică [feminine] (Romanian), физи́ческая величина́ (fizíčeskaja veličiná) [feminine] (Russian), mjerna veličina [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), fyzikálna veličina [feminine] (Slovak), fizikalna količina [feminine] (Slovene), grandeza física (Spanish), magnitud física [feminine] (Spanish), storhet [common-gender] (Swedish), fiziksel nicelik (Turkish), фізична величина (fizyčna velyčyna) [feminine] (Ukrainian), طبیعیاتی مقدار (Urdu)

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      "sense": "physical property",
      "word": "grandeza física"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "bhautik mātrā",
      "sense": "physical property",
      "word": "ਭੌਤਿਕ ਮਾਤਰਾ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "physical property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mărime fizică"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fizíčeskaja veličiná",
      "sense": "physical property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "физи́ческая величина́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "physical property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mjerna veličina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "physical property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fyzikálna veličina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "physical property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fizikalna količina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "physical property",
      "word": "grandeza física"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "physical property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "magnitud física"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "physical property",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "storhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "physical property",
      "word": "fiziksel nicelik"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "fizyčna velyčyna",
      "sense": "physical property",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фізична величина"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "sense": "physical property",
      "word": "طبیعیاتی مقدار"
    }
  ],
  "word": "physical quantity"
}

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