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Re: RADIANS

Tim O'Donnell wrote:

Radians ARE units, just as degrees are. They're dimensionless.
Wolfgang

Since I can measure both, how can they have no dimensions?
Tim O'Donnell

You can measure lots of things that have no dimensions. For example the
aspect ratio of a rectangle - height/width - has no dimensions.
Similarly for an angular measurement (arc length/radius)


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Doug Craigen
http://www.dctech.com/physics/about_dc.html