unit
- noun
- /ˈjuːnɪt/
- A kWh though is a unit of energy collected.
- a unit of measurement
- a unit of energy
- cost per unit
Let's use this to make a unit for mass, AKA weight.
- Let's use this to make a unit for mass, AKA weight.
- A kWh though is a unit of energy collected.
- They have different units for saying how big an angle is.
- I'd like to propose we use the Einstein as a unit of ingenuity.
Examples
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A kilometer is an important unit of measurement in the metric system.
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And before they transfused in two units, they did a platelet count.
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We have the mass, which has units of mass.
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Some of the students liked the variety in the fitness units and really enjoyed them.
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The average age of the housing units was included to capture differences in street design.
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And this is the amount of carbon emission per unit GDP.
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A DMA is the standard geographic unit of measurement for mass media.
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Right now I'm building a giant motel unit near Alexandria, outside Washington, D.C.
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Conek could hear a soft hum from the unit's computer as it worked hard at some calculation.
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Jennifer Barragan is a biomedical engineer in the Medical Devices unit of the World Health Organization.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
An amount of something found by measuring or counting
A fixed amount used as a standard to measure length, weight, or volume
A standard amount used to measure things like length or weight
An agreed unit used to measure and compare things
Antonyms
Compounds
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A hospital area where very sick patients get constant care and monitoring
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A fixed amount used as a standard to measure length, weight, or volume
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A hospital area where very small or sick newborns get constant medical care
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Main chip in a computer that does most of the work and controls other parts
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The average distance between the Earth and the Sun, about 150 million kilometers
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A standard amount of time used to measure how long something lasts like a second or minute
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A hospital department that gives close care to people with serious heart problems
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A unit of measurement used in the metric system, like a meter or kilogram
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A standard kind of money used in a country to measure value, like a dollar or yen
A group of civilians organized and trained like soldiers to support or replace the army
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A unit of heat equal to the heat needed to raise one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit
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A device that changes the sound of an instrument, like adding reverb or distortion
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A standard unit used worldwide in science and industry like the meter or kilogram
The currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, called the convertible mark
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A unit for measuring how bright a light is, using a candle as the standard
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A unit for measuring how much liquid a container holds, like a liter or a gallon
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An amount of resources a plan gives for services like storage or computer power
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A unit that measures how much electric charge a part can store, like the farad
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A standard size used to measure computer memory, like a byte or kilobyte
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A unit for measuring how well a material carries electric current, for example the siemens
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A unit for measuring how much space something takes up, like a liter or cubic meter
A unit used to measure how much space something has, like a cubic metre or cubic centimetre
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A measure used to show how much space something takes, for example litres or cubic metres
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A unit used to measure how a part resists storing electric charge, defined as one divided by capacitance
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A unit for measuring electric charge used in an older measurement system
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A team in film and TV that makes effects on set like explosions and computer images
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A virtual group that holds users or devices so administrators can manage permissions
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A very small unit of length equal to one ten-billionth of a meter used for light wavelengths and atoms
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A block of disk space reserved for one file, the smallest amount a file can use
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A unit of weight like a pound or ounce used in Britain and the United States
Money used in the Falkland Islands that has the same value as the British pound
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A way to measure how strong a magnetic field is, for example tesla
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A measure of how much magnetic or electric field passes through an area, for example the tesla
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A small coin or unit worth one hundredth of the main unit of money
How Fundamental
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The word unit comes from the Latin unus 'one'. So a unit in measurement is one fixed amount, for example one kilogram or one liter, used to measure or count things.