docs: minor styling changes to the "Systems of Quantities" chapter

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Mateusz Pusz
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@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ a [system of quantities](../../appendix/glossary.md#system-of-quantities).
The above quotes from ISO 80000 provide answers to all the issues above. Two quantities can't be The above quotes from ISO 80000 provide answers to all the issues above. Two quantities can't be
added, subtracted, or compared unless they belong to the same [kind](../../appendix/glossary.md#kind). added, subtracted, or compared unless they belong to the same [kind](../../appendix/glossary.md#kind).
As frequency, activity, and modulation rate are different kinds, the expression provided above should As _frequency_, _activity_, and _modulation rate_ are of different kinds, the expression provided
not compile. above should not compile.
## System of quantities is not only about kinds ## System of quantities is not only about kinds
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ Each of the above quantities expresses some kind of _length_, and each can be me
However, each of them has different properties, usage, and sometimes even requires a different However, each of them has different properties, usage, and sometimes even requires a different
representation type (notice that `position_vector` and `displacement` are vector quantities). representation type (notice that `position_vector` and `displacement` are vector quantities).
Such a hierarchy helps us in defining arithmetics and conversion rules for various quantities of Forming such a hierarchy helps us in defining arithmetics and conversion rules for various
the same kind. quantities of the same kind.
## Defining quantities ## Defining quantities