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 |
trip trip-up
stumble misstep | an unintentional but embarrassing blunder, he recited the whole poem without a single trip, he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later, confusion caused his unfortunate misstep |
| trip | a light or nimble tread, he heard the trip of women's feet overhead |
| trip | a journey for some purpose (usually including the return), he took a trip to the shopping center |
| round trip | a trip to some place and back again |
| scouting trip | an expedition undertaken to gain information |
excursion
jaunt
outing
junket
pleasure trip
expedition sashay | a journey taken for pleasure, many summer excursions to the shore, it was merely a pleasure trip, after cautious sashays into the field |
| field trip | a group excursion (to a museum or the woods or some historic place) for firsthand examination |
ocean trip
voyage | an act of traveling by water |
self-aggrandizement
self-aggrandisement
ego trip | an act undertaken to increase your own power and influence or to draw attention to your own importance |
| power trip | (slang) a self-aggrandizing action undertaken simply for the pleasure of exercising control over other people |
self-gratification
head trip | the act of satisfying your own desires and giving yourself pleasure |
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 |
| trip line | a light rope used in lumbering to free a dog hook from a log at a distance |
tripper
trip | a catch mechanism that acts as a switch, the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water |
| trip wire | a wire stretched close to the ground that activates something (a trap or camera or weapon) when tripped over |
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 |
| 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 |
round-trip ticket
return ticket | a ticket to a place and back (usually over the same route) |
metrical foot
foot
metrical unit | (prosody) a group of or syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm |
| trip head trip | an exciting or stimulating experience |
slip
trip | an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall, he blamed his slip on the ice, the jolt caused many slips and a few spills |
guilt
guilty conscience
guilt feelings
guilt trip | remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense |
family
family unit | primary social group, parents and children, he wanted to have a good job before starting a family |
| trip wire | a small military force that serves as a first line of defense, if they become engaged in hostilities it will trigger the intervention of stronger military forces |
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 |