org.unitsofmeasurement.quantity
Interface Mass

All Superinterfaces:
Quantity<Mass>

public interface Mass
extends Quantity<Mass>

Measure of the quantity of matter that a body or an object contains. The mass of the body is not dependent on gravity and therefore is different from but proportional to its weight. The metric system unit for this quantity is "kg" (kilogram).

Author:
Jean-Marie Dautelle, Werner Keil
See Also:
VolumetricDensity, RadiationDoseAbsorbed

Method Summary
 
Methods inherited from interface Quantity
unit, value
 



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