Table 2: Different media analogs.
| Generalization | Electrical | Mechanical | Magnetic |
| Conserved Quantity | Charge [C] | Distance [m] | ? |
| Flow | Current [A] | Speed [m/s] | Flux [Wb] |
| Effort | Voltage [V] | Force [N] | MMF [t•A] |
| Dissipative Element | Resistance [Ω] | Friction | Reluctance [H-1] |
| Storage Element | Capacitance [F] | Compliance | ? |
| Storage Element | Inductance [H] | Mass [kg] | ? |