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/*
 * JScience - Java(TM) Tools and Libraries for the Advancement of Sciences.
 * Copyright (C) 2006 - JScience (http://jscience.org/)
 * All rights reserved.
 * 
 * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software is
 * freely granted, provided that this notice is preserved.
 */
package javax.measure.quantity;
import javax.measure.unit.SI;
import javax.measure.unit.Unit;

/**
 * This interface represents the 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 system unit for this quantity is "kg" (kilogram).
 * 
 * @author  Jean-Marie Dautelle
 * @version 1.0, January 14, 2006
 */
public interface Mass extends Quantity {

    /**
     * Holds the SI unit (Système International d'Unités) for this quantity.
     */
    public final static Unit UNIT = SI.KILOGRAM;

}