unit of measurement (n)
unit (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 23
def any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
examples the dollar is the United States unit of currency
a unit of wheat is a bushel
change per unit volume
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Hypernym definite quantity
Derivationally related form unit → unitize; unit → unitize
Hyponym measuring unit, measuring block; denier; diopter, dioptre; karat, carat, kt; absorption unit; acceleration unit; angular unit; area unit, square measure; volume unit, capacity unit, capacity measure, cubage unit, cubic measure, cubic content unit, displacement unit, cubature unit; computer memory unit; electromagnetic unit, emu; explosive unit; force unit; linear unit, linear measure; metric unit, metric; miles per gallon; monetary unit; megaflop, MFLOP, million floating point operations per second; teraflop, trillion floating point operations per second; MIPS, million instructions per second; pain unit; pressure unit; printing unit; sound unit; telephone unit; temperature unit; weight unit, weight; mass unit; unit of viscosity; work unit, heat unit, energy unit; langley; Brinell number; point; bit; electrostatic unit
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Hyponym definite quantity
Hypernym measuring unit, measuring block; denier; diopter, dioptre; karat, carat, kt; absorption unit; acceleration unit; angular unit; area unit, square measure; volume unit, capacity unit, capacity measure, cubage unit, cubic measure, cubic content unit, displacement unit, cubature unit; computer memory unit; electromagnetic unit, emu; explosive unit; force unit; linear unit, linear measure; metric unit, metric; miles per gallon; monetary unit; megaflop, MFLOP, million floating point operations per second; teraflop, trillion floating point operations per second; MIPS, million instructions per second; pain unit; pressure unit; printing unit; sound unit; telephone unit; temperature unit; weight unit, weight; mass unit; unit of viscosity; work unit, heat unit, energy unit; langley; Brinell number; point; bit; electrostatic unit
Derivationally related form unitize → unit; unitize → unit

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