The quantities which have the same dimensions as those of solid angle are:
stress and angle
strain and arc
angular speed and stress
strain and angle
A solid angle () is defined as the ratio of the intercepted area () of a spherical surface to the square of its radius (), mathematically expressed as . Since both the area and the square of the radius have dimensions of , the solid angle is a dimensionless quantity .
Similarly:
Other quantities mentioned have dimensions: stress has dimensions of , arc length is a distance , and angular speed has dimensions of . Therefore, strain and angle are the only quantities provided that are dimensionless like the solid angle.
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