全部书籍

专业

应用 关于 Coach 登录 开始阅读

书籍暂未推出简体中文版——当前显示英文版。

Physics · 术语表

什么是 Measuring a length?

又称: measure · unit

Definition 7.3 Primary & Middle School Physics · 第 7 章 — Measuring Length

To measure a length is to count how many times a chosen unit — a step, a hand span, a small stick — fits along it, end to end with no gaps and no overlaps. The answer is a number of units: “the room is 1212 steps long.”

The same wall, paced twice: 12 small feet, or 8 big feet. Different feet, different numbers — the wall did not change.
The same wall, paced twice: 1212 small feet, or 88 big feet. Different feet, different numbers — the wall did not change.

示例

Example 7.4 (Try it: pace the room)

Cross your bedroom heel-to-toe, counting your foot-lengths. Ask a grown-up to do the same. You might count 1818 feet and the grown-up only 1212 — for the same room! Nobody counted wrong: your feet are shorter, so more of them fit. A measurement made with my foot cannot be checked with your foot.

Example 7.8 (Which unit for which job?)

Small things like a beetle, a stamp or your hand are measured in centimetres. Big things like a corridor, a bus or a swimming pool are measured in metres: the pool is 25 m25\,\mathrm{m} long — imagine counting that in fingernail-widths! Choosing a sensible unit is half the work of measuring.

在原文中阅读 →