unit of measurement
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1. any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange (noun.quantity)
| hyponym | : | denier, |
| definition | : | a unit of measurement for the fineness of silk or nylon or rayon (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | diopter, dioptre, |
| definition | : | a unit of measurement of the refractive power of a lens which is equal to the reciprocal of the focal length measured in meters; used by oculists (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | carat, karat, kt, |
| definition | : | the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | absorption unit, |
| definition | : | a unit for measuring absorption (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | acceleration unit, |
| definition | : | a unit for measuring acceleration (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | angular unit, |
| definition | : | a unit of measurement for angles (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | electromagnetic unit, emu, |
| definition | : | any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | explosive unit, |
| definition | : | any unit for measuring the force of explosions (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | force unit, |
| definition | : | a unit of measurement of physical force (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | metric, metric unit, |
| definition | : | a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds) (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | miles per gallon, |
| definition | : | the distance traveled in a vehicle powered by one gallon of gasoline or diesel fuel (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | monetary unit, |
| definition | : | a unit of money (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | million instructions per second, mips, |
| definition | : | (computer science) a unit for measuring the execution speed of a computer's CPU (but not the whole system) (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | pain unit, |
| definition | : | a unit measuring the intensity of pain (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | pressure unit, |
| definition | : | a unit measuring force per unit area (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | printing unit, |
| definition | : | a unit of measurement for printing (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | sound unit, |
| definition | : | any acoustic unit of measurement (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | telephone unit, |
| definition | : | a unit of measurement for telephone use (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | temperature unit, |
| definition | : | a unit of measurement for temperature (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | weight, weight unit, |
| definition | : | a unit used to measure weight (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | mass unit, |
| definition | : | a unit of measurement for mass (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | unit of viscosity, |
| definition | : | a unit of measurement for viscosity (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | langley, |
| definition | : | unit of solar radiation (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | brinell number, |
| definition | : | measure of the hardness of a material (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | point, |
| definition | : | the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | bit, |
| definition | : | a unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | electrostatic unit, |
| definition | : | any of various units of electricity based on forces of interaction between electric charges (noun.quantity) |
| derivation | : | unitise, unitize, |
| definition | : | separate or classify into units (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | unitise, unitize, |
| definition | : | divide (bulk material) and process as units (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | unitise, unitize, |
| definition | : | separate or classify into units (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | unitise, unitize, |
| definition | : | divide (bulk material) and process as units (verb.social) |
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