Base units can be put together to derive units of measurement for other quantities. In addition to the two dimensionless derived units radian (rad) and steradian (sr) there are 20 derived units having special names:
I. Mills, Tomislav Cvitas, Klaus Homann, Nikola Kallay, IUPAC: Quantities, Units and Symbols in Physical Chemistry, 2nd edition (June 1993), Blackwell Science Inc (p. 72)