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MixedUnit
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MixedUnit

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MixedUnit[{unit1,unit2,…,unitn}]

represents a mixed-unit expression consisting of units unit1 through unitn.

Details

Examples

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Basic Examples  (2)Summary of the most common use cases

Represent the mixed quantity 1 foot, 2 inches:

In[2]:=2
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dquavclo16-h59go7
Out[2]=2

Use it in Quantity operations:

In[3]:=3
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dquavclo16-7ooj5n
Out[3]=3

MixedUnit can be used as a target unit specification in functions like UnitConvert:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dquavclo16-g4ajcb
Out[1]=1

Scope  (2)Survey of the scope of standard use cases

MixedUnit can be used in conjunction with MixedMagnitude in Quantity expressions:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dquavclo16-wbzhl
Out[1]=1

MixedUnit can be used in conjunction with MixedMagnitude in QuantityArray expressions:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dquavclo16-bj2klc
Out[1]=1

Properties & Relations  (9)Properties of the function, and connections to other functions

Additions of Quantity expressions involving MixedMagnitude and MixedUnit specifications automatically convert some of them:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dquavclo16-qbk6dq
Out[1]=1
In[2]:=2
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dquavclo16-dazazn
Out[2]=2
In[3]:=3
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dquavclo16-e10t9r
Out[3]=3

QuantityDistribution automatically converts mixed Quantity expressions to non-mixed Quantity expressions:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dquavclo16-ixwn0o
Out[1]=1
In[2]:=2
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dquavclo16-2i77e
Out[2]=2
In[3]:=3
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dquavclo16-i4d08
Out[3]=3

MixedUnit specifications can be extracted using QuantityUnit:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dquavclo16-cvef8p
Out[1]=1
In[2]:=2
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dquavclo16-kfyhjj
Out[2]=2

KnownUnitQ returns True for valid MixedUnit specifications:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dquavclo16-ezatm
Out[1]=1

It returns False for invalid MixedUnit specifications:

In[2]:=2
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dquavclo16-kslsn4
Out[2]=2

CompatibleUnitQ returns True for MixedUnit specifications having identical unit dimensions:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dquavclo16-l8np6
Out[1]=1
In[2]:=2
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dquavclo16-gr16g2
Out[2]=2

It returns False for MixedUnit specifications having different unit dimensions:

In[3]:=3
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dquavclo16-c85bkd
Out[3]=3
In[4]:=4
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dquavclo16-h9rlc2
Out[4]=4

Use UnitConvert to convert mixed Quantity expressions to non-mixed Quantity expressions:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dquavclo16-oy2sdr
Out[1]=1
In[2]:=2
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dquavclo16-jkwgr
Out[2]=2
In[3]:=3
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dquavclo16-f0v68u
Out[3]=3

Convert to mixed-unit form:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dquavclo16-64k36
Out[1]=1
In[2]:=2
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dquavclo16-chc8ka
Out[2]=2

Reproduce the results of DMSList:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dquavclo16-ndrmz5
Out[1]=1
In[2]:=2
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dquavclo16-kv0naz
Out[2]=2

Conversion into mixed units effectively performs a NumberDecompose operation:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dquavclo16-kbl7rw
Out[1]=1
In[2]:=2
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0dquavclo16-zzm7a9
Out[2]=2
Wolfram Research (2016), MixedUnit, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MixedUnit.html.
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Wolfram Research (2016), MixedUnit, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MixedUnit.html.

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Wolfram Research (2016), MixedUnit, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MixedUnit.html.

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Wolfram Research (2016), MixedUnit, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MixedUnit.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2016. "MixedUnit." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MixedUnit.html.

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Wolfram Language. 2016. "MixedUnit." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MixedUnit.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2016). MixedUnit. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MixedUnit.html

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Wolfram Language. (2016). MixedUnit. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MixedUnit.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_mixedunit, author="Wolfram Research", title="{MixedUnit}", year="2016", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MixedUnit.html}", note=[Accessed: 30-May-2025 ]}

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@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_mixedunit, author="Wolfram Research", title="{MixedUnit}", year="2016", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MixedUnit.html}", note=[Accessed: 30-May-2025 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_mixedunit, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={MixedUnit}, year={2016}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MixedUnit.html}, note=[Accessed: 30-May-2025 ]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_mixedunit, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={MixedUnit}, year={2016}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MixedUnit.html}, note=[Accessed: 30-May-2025 ]}