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 |
police work
police investigation | the investigation of criminal activities |
| police action | a local military action without declaration of war, against violators of international peace and order |
German shepherd
German shepherd dog
German police dog
alsatian | breed of large shepherd dogs used in police work and as a guide for the blind |
| police dog | any dog trained to assist police especially in tracking |
airport
airdrome
aerodrome
drome | an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo |
air terminal
airport terminal | a terminal that serves air travelers or air freight |
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 |
cruiser police cruiser
patrol car
police car
prowl car
squad car | a car in which policemen cruise the streets, equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters |
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 |
| police boat | a boat used by harbor police |
police station
police headquarters
station house | a station that serves as headquarters for police in a particular district, serves as a place from which policemen are dispatched and to which arrested persons are brought |
police van
police wagon
paddy wagon
patrol wagon
wagon black Maria | van used by police to transport prisoners |
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 |
| 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 |
blotter
day book
police blotter
rap sheet
charge sheet | the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station |
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 |
police squad
squad | a small squad of policemen trained to deal with a particular kind of crime |
| police department | the department of local government concerned with enforcing the law and preventing crime |
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 |
police
police force
constabulary
law | the force of policemen and officers, the law came looking for him |
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
RCMP
Mounties | the federal police force of Canada |
military police
MP | a military corps that enforces discipline and guards prisoners |
| secret police | a police force that operates in secrecy (usually against persons suspected of treason or sedition) |
identity matrix
unit matrix | a scalar matrix in which all of the diagonal elements are unity |
| police academy | an academy for training police officers |
| police court | a court that has power to prosecute for minor offenses and to bind over for trial in a superior court anyone accused of serious offenses |
political unit
political entity | a unit with political responsibilities |
artillery
artillery unit | an army unit that uses big guns |
| police state | a country that maintains repressive control over the people by means of police (especially secret police) |
| police precinct | a precinct in which law enforcement is the responsibility of particular police force |