Dimension class

(Shortest import: from brian2.units.fundamentalunits import Dimension)

class brian2.units.fundamentalunits.Dimension(dims)[source]

Bases: object

Stores the indices of the 7 basic SI unit dimension (length, mass, etc.).

Provides a subset of arithmetic operations appropriate to dimensions: multiplication, division and powers, and equality testing.

Attributes

dim Returns the Dimension object itself.
is_dimensionless Whether this Dimension is dimensionless.

Methods

get_dimension(d) Return a specific dimension.

Details

dim

Returns the Dimension object itself. This can be useful, because it allows to check for the dimension of an object by checking its dim attribute – this will return a Dimension object for Quantity, Unit and Dimension.

is_dimensionless

Whether this Dimension is dimensionless.

get_dimension(d)[source]

Return a specific dimension.