Units and Prefixes
The International System of Units consists of a set of base units, a set of derived units, some of which have special names and a set decimal-based multipliers that are denoted as prefixes. The term "SI Units" includes all three categories, but the term "coherent SI units" includes only base units and coherent derived units.
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