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/*
 * Copyright (c) 1998-2018 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research/Unidata
 * See LICENSE for license information.
 */
package ucar.units;

/**
 * Interface for derived units.
 * 
 * @author Steven R. Emmerson
 */
public interface DerivedUnit extends Unit {
  /**
   * Indicates if this derived unit is the reciprocal of another derived
   * unit (e.g. "second" and "hertz").
   * 
   * @param that The other, derived unit.
   */
  boolean isReciprocalOf(DerivedUnit that);

  /**
   * Returns the unit dimension of this derived unit. For example, the unit
   * "newton" has the unit dimension "kg.m.s-2".
   * 
   * @return The unit dimension of this derived unit.
   */
  UnitDimension getDimension();

  /**
   * Return the quantity dimension of this derived unit. For example, the
   * unit "newton" has the quantity dimension "M.L.t-2").
   * 
   * @return The quantity dimension of this derived unit.
   */
  QuantityDimension getQuantityDimension();
}