IUPAC definition : Attribute of a phenomenon, body or substance that may be distinguished qualitatively
and determined quantitatively.;
Scope note : the term kind-of-quantity refers to the abstract concept of a quantity common to a
group of related quantities.; the term quantity may refer to a quantity in a general sense, for example length,
mass, or to a particular quantity, for example length of a particular rod, mass of
a specified object.;