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 |
education instruction teaching pedagogy didactics educational activity | the activities of educating or instructing, activities that impart knowledge or skill, he received no formal education, our instruction was carefully programmed, good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded |
teaching instruction pedagogy | the profession of a teacher, he prepared for teaching while still in college, pedagogy is recognized as an important profession |
team teaching | a method of coordinated classroom teaching involving a team of teachers working together with a single group of students |
language teaching | teaching people to speak and understand a foreign language |
teaching reading | teaching beginners to read |
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 |
teaching aid | materials and equipment used in teaching |
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 |
teaching method pedagogics pedagogy | the principles and methods of instruction |
unit | a single undivided whole, an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another |
teaching precept commandment | a doctrine that is taught, the teachings of religion, he believed all the Christian precepts |
language unit linguistic unit | one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed |
teaching certificate teacher's certificate | a certificate saying that the holder is qualified to teach in the public schools |
Master of Arts in Teaching MAT | a master's degree in teaching |
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 |
teaching fellow | a graduate student with teaching responsibilities |
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 $ |
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 |