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 |
| industrial arts | a course in the methods of using tools and machinery as taught in secondary schools and technical schools |
industrialization
industrialisation
industrial enterprise | the development of industry on an extensive scale |
fabrication
manufacture manufacturing | the act of making something (a product) from raw materials, the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals, an improvement in the manufacture of explosives, manufacturing is vital to Great Britain |
booster booster rocket
booster unit
takeoff booster
takeoff rocket | the first stage of a multistage rocket |
building complex
complex | a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures |
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 |
factory
mill manufacturing plant
manufactory | a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing |
| industrial watercourse | a canal that is operated by one or more industries |
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 |
| plant works industrial plant | buildings for carrying on industrial labor, they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles |
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 |
| superiority complex | an exaggerated estimate of your own value and importance |
complex instruction set computing
complex instruction set computer
CISC | (computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chip |
structure
anatomical structure
complex body part
bodily structure
body structure | a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing, he has good bone structure |
Golgi body
Golgi apparatus
Golgi complex
dictyosome | a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions) |
| unit | a single undivided whole, an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another |
complex
composite | a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts, the complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads created a new town |
industrial engineering
industrial management | the branch of engineering that deals with the creation and management of systems that integrate people and materials and energy in productive ways |
applied psychology
industrial psychology | any of several branches of psychology that seek to apply psychological principles to practical problems of education or industry or marketing etc. |
language unit
linguistic unit | one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed |
| complex sentence | a sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause |
Dow Jones
Dow-Jones Industrial Average | an indicator of stock market prices, based on the share values ofbluehip stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is the most widely cited indicator of how the stock market is doing |
metrical foot
foot
metrical unit | (prosody) a group of or syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm |
| complex | (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior |
Oedipus complex
Oedipal complex | a complex of males, desire to possess the mother sexually and to exclude the father, said to be a source of personality disorders if unresolved |
| Electra complex | a complex of females, sexual attraction to the father |
| inferiority complex | a sense of personal inferiority arising from conflict between the desire to be noticed and the fear of being humiliated |
| military-industrial complex | a country's military establishment and the industries that produce arms and other military equipment, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex--Dwight David Eisenhower |
family
family unit | primary social group, parents and children, he wanted to have a good job before starting a family |
| histocompatibility complex | a family of fifty or more genes on the sixth human chromosome that code for proteins on the surfaces of cells and that play a role in the immune response |
manufacturer
maker
manufacturing business | a business engaged in manufacturing some product |
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 |
industrial union
vertical union | a labor union that admits all workers in a given industry irrespective of their craft |