-----Original Message----- From: Eric Lemings Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 10:44 AM To: 'boost@lists.boost.org' Subject: RE: [boost] Boost Units library preview

Darn email client. Concatenated my line breaks.

dimension - an "abstract" type

quantity - an "abstract" object whose "type" is a dimension

unit - a type "derived" from a particular dimension

measure - an arithmetic object whose "type" is a unit