Value

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-012508",
  "term": "Value",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "The magnitude of a quantity as it is normally written, a number multiplied by a unit. The number is called the numerical value, and the unit is the reference quantity against which the magnitude is counted. A blood glucose reading of 5.5 mmol/L, for example, has the numerical value 5.5 and the unit millimole per litre.",
  "subject": "Chemistry and Human Health",
  "references": [
    "PAC, 1996, 68, 957. 'Glossary of terms in quantities and units in Clinical Chemistry (IUPAC-IFCC Recommendations 1996)' on page 997 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199668040957)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/value/"
}