whole
unit | an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity, how big is that part compared to the whole?, the team is a unit |
booster booster rocket
booster unit
takeoff booster
takeoff rocket | the first stage of a multistage rocket |
Bunker Buster
Guided Bomb Unit-
GBU- | a , pound laser-guided bomb that can be programmed to penetrate to a given depth before exploding, used to penetrate hardened underground facilities |
central processing unit
CPU
C.P.U.
central processor
processor
mainframe | (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing, the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached |
loudspeaker
speaker
speaker unit
loudspeaker system
speaker system | electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance |
round unit of ammunition
one shot | a charge of ammunition for a single shot |
semiconductor device
semiconductor unit
semiconductor | a conductor made with semiconducting material |
visual display unit
VDU | (British) British term for video display |
| wall unit | a piece of furniture having several units that stands against one wall of a room |
| unit character | (genetics) a character inherited on an all-or-none basis and dependent on the presence of a single gene |
accountability
answerability
answerableness | responsibility to someone or for some activity |
asset
plus | a useful or valuable quality |
| unit | a single undivided whole, an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another |
language unit
linguistic unit | one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed |
metrical foot
foot
metrical unit | (prosody) a group of or syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm |
family
family unit | primary social group, parents and children, he wanted to have a good job before starting a family |
unit investment trust
unit trust | a regulated investment company consisting of professional managers who issue redeemable securities representing a portfolio of many different securities, you can invest in a unit investment trust for as little as $ |
administrative unit
administrative body | a unit with administrative responsibilities |
| coronary care unit | a hospital unit specially staffed and equipped to treat patients with serious cardiac problems |
neonatal intensive care unit
NICU | an intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or seriously ill newborn |
intensive care unit
ICU | a hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care |
unit
social unit | an organization regarded as part of a larger social group, the coach said the offensive unit did a good job, after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit |
| army unit | a military unit that is part of an army |
| naval unit | a military unit that is part of a navy |
| air unit | a military unit that is part of the airforce |
military unit
military force
military group
force | a unit that is part of some military service, he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men |
paramilitary
paramilitary force
paramilitary unit
paramilitary organization
paramilitary organisation | a group of civilians organized in a military fashion (especially to operate in place of or to assist regular army troops) |
| Sparrow Unit | a hit squad of the New People's Army in the Philippines |
identity matrix
unit matrix | a scalar matrix in which all of the diagonal elements are unity |
political unit
political entity | a unit with political responsibilities |
artillery
artillery unit | an army unit that uses big guns |
unit
building block | a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else, units of nucleic acids |
| unit cell | the smallest group of atoms or molecules whose repetition at regular intervals in three dimensions produces the lattices of a crystal |
pressure
pressure level
force per unit area | the force applied to a unit area of surface, measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit), the compressed gas exerts an increased pressure |
| unit cost | calculated cost for a given unit of a product |
rate
charge per unit | amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis, a -minute phone call at that rate would cost $ |
intangible
intangible asset | assets that are saleable though not material or physical |
Systeme International d'Unites
Systeme International
SI system
SI
SI unit
International System of Units
International System | 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), Today the United States is the only country in the world not totally committed to the Systeme International d'Unites |
unit of measurement
unit | any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange, the dollar is the United States unit of currency, a unit of wheat is a bushel, change per unit volume |
measuring unit
measuring block | a unit of measurement |
| absorption unit | a unit for measuring absorption |
| acceleration unit | a unit for measuring acceleration |
| angular unit | a unit of measurement for angles |
area unit
square measure | a system of units used to measure areas |
volume unit
capacity unit
capacity measure
cubage unit
cubic measure
cubic content unit
displacement unit
cubature unit | a unit of measurement of volume or capacity |
| computer memory unit | a unit for measuring computer memory |
electromagnetic unit
emu | any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism |
| explosive unit | any unit for measuring the force of explosions |
| force unit | a unit of measurement of physical force |
linear unit
linear measure | a unit of measurement of length |