noun
Meaning 1
Synonym of unit of measure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unit of measure
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
unit of measurement
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noun
Meaning 2
any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the dollar is the United States unit of currency
- a unit of wheat is a bushel
- change per unit volume
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unit
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: definite quantity
Narrower terms: measuring unit, measuring block, denier, diopter, dioptre, karat, carat, kt, absorption unit, acceleration unit, angular unit, area unit, square measure, volume unit, capacity unit, capacity measure, cubage unit, cubic measure, cubic content unit, displacement unit, cubature unit, computer memory unit, electromagnetic unit, emu, explosive unit, force unit, linear unit, linear measure, metric unit, metric, miles per gallon, monetary unit, megaflop, MFLOP, million floating point operations per second, teraflop, trillion floating point operations per second, MIPS, million instructions per second, pain unit, pressure unit, printing unit, sound unit, telephone unit, temperature unit, weight unit, weight, mass unit, unit of viscosity, work unit, heat unit, energy unit, langley, Brinell number, point, bit, electrostatic unit
History
Etymology
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