On Mon, Apr 04, 2022 at 11:05:54AM -0700, Ethan Furman wrote:
> On 4/4/22 08:54, Ken Kundert wrote:

> It seems to me that these "unitless' units actually have units, even if 
> they *appear* to cancel each other out.

The term is *dimensionless* units.

1 dozen and 1 mole of objects both are dimensionless numbers, but if I 
asked for a dozen eggs and you gave me 1 mol (6.02 x 10^23) instead, I 
wouldn't have room to store them in the fridge.


-- 
Steve
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