English > unit of measurement: 1 sense > noun 1, quantity| Meaning | Any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange. |
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| Synonym | unit |
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| Narrower | Brinell number | Measure of the hardness of a material |
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| MIPS, million instructions per second | (computer science) a unit for measuring the execution speed of a computer's CPU (but not the whole system) |
| absorption unit | A unit for measuring absorption |
| acceleration unit | A unit for measuring acceleration |
| angular unit | A unit of measurement for angles |
| area unit, square measure | A system of units used to measure areas |
| bit | A unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit) |
| computer memory unit | A unit for measuring computer memory |
| denier | A unit of measurement for the fineness of silk or nylon or rayon |
| diopter, dioptre | A unit of measurement of the refractive power of a lens which is equal to the reciprocal of the focal length measured in meters |
| electromagnetic unit, emu | Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism |
| electrostatic unit | Any of various units of electricity based on forces of interaction between electric charges |
| explosive unit | Any unit for measuring the force of explosions |
| force unit | A unit of measurement of physical force |
| karat, carat, kt | The unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy |
| langley | Unit of solar radiation |
| linear unit, linear measure | A unit of measurement of length |
| mass unit | A unit of measurement for mass |
| measuring unit, measuring block | A unit of measurement |
| megaflop, MFLOP, million floating point operations per second | (computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system |
| metric unit, metric | A decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds) |
| miles per gallon | The distance traveled in a vehicle powered by one gallon of gasoline or diesel fuel |
| monetary unit | A unit of money |
| pain unit | A unit measuring the intensity of pain |
| point | The unit of counting in scoring a game / game or contest |
| pressure unit | A unit measuring force per unit area |
| printing unit | A unit of measurement for printing |
| sound unit | Any acoustic unit of measurement |
| telephone unit | A unit of measurement for telephone use |
| temperature unit | A unit of measurement for temperature |
| teraflop, trillion floating point operations per second | (computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system |
| unit of viscosity | A unit of measurement for viscosity |
| volume unit, capacity unit, capacity measure, cubage unit, cubic measure, cubic content unit, displacement unit, cubature unit | A unit of measurement of volume or capacity |
| weight unit, weight | A unit used to measure weight |
| work unit, heat unit, energy unit | A unit of measurement for work |
| Broader | definite quantity | A specific measure of amount |
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| Spanish | unidad de medida, unidad |
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| Catalan | unitat de mesura, unitat |
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