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• noun a unit for measuring absorption
  

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• the unit of numeration; one taken in the abstract; the number represented by 1. The term is used in distinction from concrete, or determinate, unit, that is, a unit in which the kind of thing is expressed; a unit of measure or value; as 1 foot, 1 dollar, 1 pound, and the like.

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• noun a unit for measuring acceleration
  

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• noun a unit with administrative responsibilities
  administrative body.
  

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• noun monetary unit in the Islamic State of Afghanistan
  

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• noun a military unit that is part of the airforce
  

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• noun monetary unit in Albania
  

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• noun monetary unit in Algeria
  

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• noun a group of sectors on a magnetic disk that can be reserved for the use of a particular file
  

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• noun monetary unit in Angola
  

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• noun a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation
  A; angstrom.
  

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• noun a unit of measurement for angles
  

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• noun any weight unit used in pharmacy; an ounce is equal to 480 grains and a pound is equal to 12 ounces
  apothecaries' weight.
  

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• noun a system of units used to measure areas
  square measure.
  

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• noun monetary unit in Argentina
  

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• noun monetary unit in Armenia
  

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• noun a military unit that is part of an army
  

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• noun an army unit that uses big guns
  artillery.
  

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• noun a unit of length used for distances within the solar system; equal to the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun (approximately 93 million miles or 150 million kilometers)
  AU.
  

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• noun a linear unit used for astronomical distances
  

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• noun unit of mass for expressing masses of atoms or molecules
  

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• noun monetary unit in Austria
  

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• noun any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights
  

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• noun monetary unit in Azerbaijan
  

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• noun monetary unit in Bahrain
  

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• noun monetary unit in Bangladesh
  

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• noun monetary unit in Belarus
  

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• noun monetary unit in Bhutan
  

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• noun a unit of energy equal to the work done by a power of 1000 watts operating for one hour
  kW-hr; B.T.U.; kilowatt hour.
  

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• noun monetary unit in Bolivia
  

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• noun the first stage of a multistage rocket
  booster rocket; takeoff rocket; takeoff booster; booster.
  

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• noun monetary unit in Botswana
  

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• noun monetary unit in Brazil
  

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• noun a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet
  British capacity unit.
  

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• noun monetary unit in Great Britain
  

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• noun a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure; equivalent to 251.997 calories
  BTU; B.Th.U..
  

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• noun monetary unit in Bulgaria
  

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• noun monetary unit in Cambodia
  

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• noun a measure of luminous intensity
  candlepower unit.
  

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• noun a measure of the capacity of a circuit component to store charge
  

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• noun a unit of measurement of volume or capacity
  capacity measure; cubage unit; displacement unit; cubic content unit; capacity unit; cubic measure; cubature unit.
  

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• noun monetary unit on Cape Verde
  

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• noun (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing
  C.P.U.; mainframe; processor; central processor; CPU.
  
  • the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached

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• noun amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis
  rate.
  
  • a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5

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• noun a measure of the quantity of electricity (determined by the amount of an electric current and the time for which it flows)
  charge unit.
  

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• noun monetary unit in Chile
  

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• noun the monetary unit in the People's Republic of China
  

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• noun monetary unit in Colombia
  

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• (Theory of Numbers), an imaginary number of the form a + b-1, when a2 + b2 = 1.

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• noun a unit for measuring computer memory
  

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• noun a measure of a material's ability to conduct an electrical charge
  

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• noun a hospital unit specially staffed and equipped to treat patients with serious cardiac problems
  

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• noun monetary unit in Costa Rica
  

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• noun a unit of measurement of volume or capacity
  capacity measure; cubage unit; displacement unit; cubic content unit; capacity unit; cubic measure; cubature unit.
  

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• noun monetary unit in Cuba
  

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• noun a unit of measurement of volume or capacity
  capacity measure; cubage unit; displacement unit; cubic content unit; capacity unit; cubic measure; cubature unit.
  

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• noun a unit of measurement of volume or capacity
  capacity measure; cubage unit; displacement unit; cubic content unit; capacity unit; cubic measure; cubature unit.
  

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• noun a measure of the amount of electric charge flowing past a circuit point at a specific time
  

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• noun monetary unit in Cyprus
  

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• noun monetary unit in Czech Republic
  

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• noun monetary unit in Denmark
  

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• noun a unit of measurement of volume or capacity
  capacity measure; cubage unit; displacement unit; cubic content unit; capacity unit; cubic measure; cubature unit.
  

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• noun monetary unit in the Dominican Republic
  

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• noun a unit of capacity for dry commodities (as fruit or grain)
  dry measure.
  

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• a unit in the scale of numbers increasing or decreasing by twelves.

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• noun monetary unit in the Netherlands
  

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• noun monetary unit in Ecuador
  

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• noun monetary unit in Egypt
  

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• noun monetary unit in El Salvador
  

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• noun the reciprocal of capacitance
  

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• noun any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism
  emu.
  

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• noun any of various units of electricity based on forces of interaction between electric charges
  

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• noun a unit of measurement for work
  energy unit; heat unit.
  

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• noun monetary unit in Estonia
  

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• noun monetary unit in Ethiopia
  

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• noun any unit for measuring the force of explosions
  

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• noun primary social group; parents and children
  family.
  
  • he wanted to have a good job before starting a family

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• noun an electromagnetic unit of magnetic intensity
  

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• noun monetary unit in Finland
  

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• noun a measure of the amount of flux per unit of cross sectional area
  

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• noun a measure of the strength of a magnetic field per unit area
  flux unit.
  

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• noun the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)
  pressure level; pressure.
  
  • the compressed gas exerts an increased pressure

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• noun a unit of measurement of physical force
  

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• noun a monetary unit that is valued at a fraction (usually one hundredth) of the basic monetary unit
  subunit.
  

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• the unit of a fraction; the reciprocal of the denominator; thus, ¼ is the unit of the fraction ¾.

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• noun monetary unit in Gambia
  

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• noun monetary unit in Georgia
  

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• noun monetary unit in Germany
  

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• noun monetary unit of Ghana
  

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• noun monetary unit in Greece
  

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• noun monetary unit in Guatemala
  

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• noun a 5,000 pound laser-guided bomb that can be programmed to penetrate to a given depth before exploding; used to penetrate hardened underground facilities
  Bunker Buster; GBU-28.
  

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• noun monetary unit in Guinea-Bissau
  

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• noun monetary unit in Guinea
  

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• noun the monetary unit in Haiti
  

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• noun a unit of measurement for work
  energy unit; heat unit.
  

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• noun monetary unit in Honduras
  

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• noun monetary unit in Hungary
  

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• noun monetary unit in Iceland
  

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• noun a measure of illumination
  

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• noun a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet
  British capacity unit.
  

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• noun monetary unit in India
  

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• noun monetary unit in Indonesia
  

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• noun a measure of the property of an electric circuit by which an electromotive force is induced in it
  

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• the unit of integral numbers, or 1.

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• noun a hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care
  ICU.
  

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• noun a complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists; fundamental quantities are length (meter) and mass (kilogram) and time (second) and electric current (ampere) and temperature (kelvin) and amount of matter (mole) and luminous intensity (candela)
  Systeme International; SI system; International System of Units; International System; SI; Systeme International d'Unites.
  
  • Today the United States is the only country in the world not totally committed to the Systeme International d'Unites

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• noun monetary unit in Iran
  

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• noun monetary unit in Iraq
  

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• noun monetary unit in Eire
  

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• noun monetary unit in Israel
  

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• noun monetary unit in Italy
  

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• noun monetary unit in Japan
  

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• noun monetary unit in Jordan
  

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• noun monetary unit in Kazakhstan
  

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• noun monetary unit in Kenya
  

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• noun monetary unit in Kuwait
  

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• noun monetary unit in Kyrgyzstan
  

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• noun one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed
  language unit.
  

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• noun monetary unit in Laos
  

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• noun monetary unit in Latvia
  

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• noun monetary unit in Lebanon
  

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• noun monetary unit in Lesotho
  

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• noun monetary unit in Libya
  

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• noun a measure of the visible electromagnetic radiation
  

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• noun a unit of measurement of length
  linear measure.
  

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• noun one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed
  language unit.
  

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• noun a unit of capacity for liquids (for measuring the volumes of liquids or their containers)
  liquid measure.
  

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• noun monetary unit in Lithuania
  

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• noun a measure of luminance
  

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• noun a measure of luminous flux per unit area
  

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• noun a measure of luminous intensity
  candlepower unit.
  

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• noun monetary unit in Macao
  

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• noun a measure of the strength of a magnetic field per unit area
  flux unit.
  

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• noun a unit of measurement of magnetomotive force
  

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• noun monetary unit in Malawi
  

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• noun monetary unit is Malaysia
  

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• noun monetary unit on Malta
  

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• noun a unit of measurement for mass
  

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• noun monetary unit in Mauritania
  

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• noun monetary unit in Mauritius
  

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• noun a unit of measurement
  measuring block.
  

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• noun a capacity unit defined in metric terms
  

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• noun a linear unit of distance in metric terms
  

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• noun a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds)
  metric.
  
  • convert all the measurements to metric units
  • it is easier to work in metric

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• noun a decimal unit of weight based on the gram
  metric weight unit.
  

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• noun (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
  foot; metrical foot.
  

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• noun monetary unit in Mexico
  

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• noun a unit that is part of some military service
  force; military group; military force.
  
  • he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men

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• noun monetary unit in Moldova
  

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• noun a unit of money
  

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• the standard of a national currency, as the dollar in the United States, the pound in England, the franc in France, the mark in Germany.

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• noun monetary unit in Mongolia
  

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• noun monetary unit in Morocco
  

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• noun monetary unit in Mozambique
  

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• noun monetary unit in the Union of Burma
  

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• noun a linear unit of distance used in navigation
  

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• noun a military unit that is part of a navy
  

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• noun an intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or seriously ill newborn
  NICU.
  

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• noun monetary unit in Nepal
  

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• noun monetary unit in Nicaragua
  

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• noun monetary unit in Nigeria
  

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• noun monetary unit in North Korea
  

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• noun monetary unit in Norway
  

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• noun monetary unit in Oman
  

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• noun a unit measuring the intensity of pain
  

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• noun monetary unit in Pakistan
  

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• noun monetary unit in Panama
  

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• noun monetary unit in Papua New Guinea
  

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• noun monetary unit in Paraguay
  

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• noun a group of civilians organized in a military fashion (especially to operate in place of or to assist regular army troops)
  paramilitary organization; paramilitary; paramilitary force; paramilitary organisation.
  

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• noun monetary unit in Peru
  

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• noun monetary unit in the Philippines
  

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• a value or magnitude conventionally adopted as a unit or standard in physical measurements. The various physical units are usually based on given units of length, mass, and time, and on the density or other properties of some substance, for example, water. See Dyne, Erg, Farad, Ohm, Poundal, etc.

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• noun monetary unit in Poland
  

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• noun a unit with political responsibilities
  political entity.
  

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• noun monetary unit in Portugal
  

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• noun a measure of the potential energy of a unit charge at a given point in a circuit relative to a reference point (ground)
  

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• noun a measure of electric power
  

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• noun a unit measuring force per unit area
  

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• noun a unit of measurement for printing
  

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• noun monetary unit in Qatar
  

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• noun a measure of the quantity of electricity (determined by the amount of an electric current and the time for which it flows)
  charge unit.
  

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• noun a measure of radioactivity
  

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• noun the reciprocal of conductance
  

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• noun monetary unit in Romania
  

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• noun monetary unit in Russia
  

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• noun a wave number characteristic of the wave spectrum of each element
  rydberg; rydberg constant.
  

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• noun monetary unit on Sao Tome e Principe
  

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• noun monetary unit in Saudi Arabia
  

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• noun a conductor made with semiconducting material
  semiconductor; semiconductor device.
  

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• noun monetary unit in Seychelles
  

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• noun a complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists; fundamental quantities are length (meter) and mass (kilogram) and time (second) and electric current (ampere) and temperature (kelvin) and amount of matter (mole) and luminous intensity (candela)
  Systeme International; SI system; International System of Units; International System; SI; Systeme International d'Unites.
  
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• noun monetary unit in Sierra Leone
  

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• noun monetary unit in Slovakia
  

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• noun an organization regarded as part of a larger social group
  unit.
  
  • the coach said the offensive unit did a good job
  • after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit

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• noun monetary unit in Somalia
  

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• noun any acoustic unit of measurement
  

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• noun monetary unit in South Africa
  

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• noun monetary unit in South Korea
  

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• noun monetary unit in Spain
  

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• noun a hit squad of the New People's Army in the Philippines
  

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• noun electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance
  loudspeaker; loudspeaker system; speaker; speaker system.
  

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• noun monetary unit in Sri Lanka
  

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• noun monetary unit in the Sudan
  

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• noun monetary unit in Suriname
  

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• noun monetary unit in Swaziland
  

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• noun monetary unit in Sweden
  

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• noun monetary unit in Syria
  

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• noun monetary unit in Tajikistan
  

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• noun monetary unit in Tanzania
  

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• noun a unit of measurement for telephone use
  

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• noun a unit of measurement for temperature
  

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• noun monetary unit in Thailand
  

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• (Physics), a unit chosen for the comparison or calculation of quantities of heat. The unit most commonly employed is the amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one gram or one pound of water from zero to one degree Centigrade. See Calorie, and under Unit.

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• noun a unit for measuring time periods
  time unit.
  

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• noun monetary unit in Tonga
  

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• noun any of the unit of the troy system of weights
  

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• noun monetary unit in Tunisia
  

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• noun monetary unit in Turkey
  

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• noun monetary unit in Turkmenistan
  

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• noun monetary unit in Uganda
  

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• noun monetary unit in Ukraine
  

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• noun the smallest group of atoms or molecules whose repetition at regular intervals in three dimensions produces the lattices of a crystal
  

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• noun (genetics) a character inherited on an all-or-none basis and dependent on the presence of a single gene
  

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• noun calculated cost for a given unit of a product
  

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• (Biol.), a unit of the inferior order or orders of individuality.

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• noun a regulated investment company consisting of professional managers who issue redeemable securities representing a portfolio of many different securities
  unit investment trust.
  
  • you can invest in a unit investment trust for as little as $1000

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• (Elec.), a small, insulated Leyden jar, placed between the electrical machine and a larger jar or battery, so as to announce, by its repeated discharges, the amount of electricity passed into the larger jar.

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• noun a scalar matrix in which all of the diagonal elements are unity
  identity matrix.
  

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• noun a charge of ammunition for a single shot
  one shot; round.
  

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• (Physics), a determinate quantity of heat adopted as a unit of measure; a thermal unit (see under Thermal). Water is the substance generally employed, the unit being one gram or one pound, and the temperature interval one degree of the Centigrade or Fahrenheit scale. When referred to the gram, it is called the gram degree. The British unit of heat, or thermal unit, used by engineers in England and in the United States, is the quantity of heat necessary to raise one pound of pure water at and near its temperature of greatest density (39.1° Fahr.) through one degree of the Fahrenheit scale. Rankine.

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• the light of a sperm candle burning 120 grains per hour. Standard gas, burning at the rate of five cubic feet per hour, must have an illuminating power equal to that of fourteen such candles.

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• (as of length, surface, volume, dry measure, liquid measure, money, weight, time, and the like), in general, a determinate quantity or magnitude of the kind designated, taken as a standard of comparison for others of the same kind, in assigning to them numerical values, as 1 foot, 1 yard, 1 mile, 1 square foot, 1 square yard, 1 cubic foot, 1 peck, 1 bushel, 1 gallon, 1 cent, 1 ounce, 1 pound, 1 hour, and the like; more specifically, the fundamental unit adopted in any system of weights, measures, or money, by which its several denominations are regulated, and which is itself defined by comparison with some known magnitude, either natural or empirical, as, in the United States, the dollar for money, the pound avoirdupois for weight, the yard for length, the gallon of 8.3389 pounds avoirdupois of water at 39.8° Fahr. (about 231 cubic inches) for liquid measure, etc.; in Great Britain, the pound sterling, the pound troy, the yard, or ¹⁄₁₀₈₇₁₉ part of the length of a second's pendulum at London, the gallon of 277.274 cubic inches, etc.; in the metric system, the meter, the liter, the gram, etc.

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• noun any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
  unit.
  
  • the dollar is the United States unit of currency
  • a unit of wheat is a bushel
  • change per unit volume

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• . (Mach.) See Horse power.

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• . (Elec.) See Resistance, n., 4, and Ohm.

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• noun a unit for measuring time periods
  time unit.
  

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• noun a unit of measurement for viscosity
  

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• (Physics), the amount of work done by a unit force acting through a unit distance, or the amount required to lift a unit weight through a unit distance against gravitation. See Erg, Foot Pound, Kilogrammeter.

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• (Mech. Physics), stress per unit of area; intensity of stress. It is expressed in ounces, pounds, tons, etc., per square inch, square foot, or square yard, etc., or in atmospheres, or inches of mercury or water, or the like.

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• noun a regulated investment company consisting of professional managers who issue redeemable securities representing a portfolio of many different securities
  unit investment trust.
  
  • you can invest in a unit investment trust for as little as $1000

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• noun monetary unit in the United Arab Emirates
  

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• noun a unit of measurement of capacity for dry substances officially adopted in the United States Customary System
  

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• noun a liquid unit officially adopted in the United States Customary System
  

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• noun monetary unit in Uruguay
  

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• noun monetary unit in Uzbekistan
  

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• noun monetary unit of Venezuela
  

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• noun monetary unit in Vietnam
  

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• noun (British) British term for video display
  VDU.
  

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• noun a unit of measurement of volume or capacity
  capacity measure; cubage unit; displacement unit; cubic content unit; capacity unit; cubic measure; cubature unit.
  

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• noun a piece of furniture having several units that stands against one wall of a room
  

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• noun a decimal unit of weight based on the gram
  metric weight unit.
  
• noun a unit used to measure weight
  weight.
  
  • he placed two weights in the scale pan

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• noun monetary unit in Western Samoa
  

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• noun a unit of measurement for work
  energy unit; heat unit.
  

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• noun monetary unit in Yemen
  

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• noun monetary unit in Yugoslavia
  

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• noun monetary unit in Zaire
  

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• noun monetary unit in Zambia
  

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