a unit of measurement

a unit of measurement for the fineness of silk or nylon or rayon

a unit of measurement of the refractive power of a lens which is equal to the reciprocal of the focal length measured in meters; used by oculists

the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold

a unit for measuring absorption

a unit for measuring acceleration

a unit of measurement for angles

a system of units used to measure areas

a unit of measurement of volume or capacity

a unit for measuring computer memory

any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism

any unit for measuring the force of explosions

a unit of measurement of physical force

a unit of measurement of length

a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds)

the distance traveled in a vehicle powered by one gallon of gasoline or diesel fuel

a unit of money

(computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system

(computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system

(computer science) a unit for measuring the execution speed of a computer's CPU (but not the whole system)

a unit measuring the intensity of pain

a unit measuring force per unit area

a unit of measurement for printing

any acoustic unit of measurement

a unit of measurement for telephone use

a unit of measurement for temperature

a unit used to measure weight

a unit of measurement for mass

a unit of measurement for viscosity

a unit of measurement for work

unit of solar radiation

measure of the hardness of a material

the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest

a unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states

any of various units of electricity based on forces of interaction between electric charges

in American football a point awarded for a successful place kick following a touchdown

a measure of length

the volume equal to a cube one inch on each side

the volume equal to a cube one foot on each side

a unit of amount of wood cut for burning; 128 cubic feet

(tennis) first point scored after deuce

(tennis) the final point needed to win a set in tennis

(tennis) the final point needed to win a match (especially in tennis)

a unit of acoustic absorption equivalent to the absorption by a square foot of a surface that absorbs all incident sound

an angular unit used in artillery; equal to 1/6400 of a complete revolution

a measure for arcs and angles

a 60th part of a minute of arc

a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree

a unit of angular distance equal to one thousandth of a milliradian

a unit of angular distance equal to one thousandth of a radian

the unit of plane angle adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to the angle at the center of a circle subtended by an arc equal in length to the radius (approximately 57.295 degrees)

one-hundredth of a right angle

a unit of angular distance equal to half a quadrant

a unit of angular distance equal to 60 degrees

an angle of 180 degrees

the unit of solid angle adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

a unit of area equal to one inch by one inch square

a unit of area equal to one foot by one foot square

a unit of area equal to one yard by one yard square

a centare is 1/100th of an are

an area of 640 acres

a land unit equal to a quarter of a section (160 acres) and measuring 1/2 mile on a side

a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries

a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters

(abbreviated `ha') a unit of surface area equal to 100 ares (or 10,000 square meters)

a former French unit of area; equal approximately to an acre

(physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter

a former Russian unit of area equal to 2.7 acres

a South African unit of measure equal to about 2 acres

a square rod of land

a unit of capacity for liquids (for measuring the volumes of liquids or their containers)

a unit of capacity for dry commodities (as fruit or grain)

a capacity unit defined in metric terms

a capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring

the maximum amount of water that a particular soil can hold

an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs

ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons

(mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore

the volume of water that would cover 1 acre to a depth of 1 foot; 43,560 cubic feet or 1233.5 cubic meters

one twelfth of an acre-foot

the volume of a piece of wood 1 foot square and 1 inch thick

a board measure = 1980 board feet

a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)

a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels

(computer science) a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is added to each group of bits so that it will have either an odd number of 1's or an even number of 1's; e.g., if the parity is odd then any group of bits that arrives with an even number of 1's must contain an error

a small byte

a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information

the minimum track length that can be assigned to store information; unless otherwise specified a sector of data consists of 512 bytes

(computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted

a group of sectors on a magnetic disk that can be reserved for the use of a particular file

(computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit

a word is a string of bits stored in computer memory

a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes

a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes

a unit of information equal to 1000 bits

a unit of information equal to 1024 bits

a unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes

a unit of information equal to 1000 kilobytes or 10^6 (1,000,000) bytes

a unit of information equal to 1000 kilobits or 10^6 (1,000,000) bits

a unit of information equal to 1024 kibibits or 2^20 (1,048,576) bits

a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes

a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes

a unit of information equal to 1000 megabits or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bits

a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibits or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bits

a unit of information equal to 1024 gibibytes or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes

a unit of information equal to 1000 gigabytes or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bytes

a unit of information equal to 1000 gigabits or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bits

a unit of information equal to 1024 gibibits or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bits

a unit of information equal to 1024 tebibytes or 2^50 bytes

a unit of information equal to 1000 terabytes or 10^15 bytes

a unit of information equal to 1000 terabits or 10^15 bits

a unit of information equal to 1024 tebibits or 2^50 bits

a unit of information equal to 1024 pebibytes or 2^60 bytes

a unit of information equal to 1000 petabytes or 10^18 bytes

a unit of information equal to 1000 petabits or 10^18 bits

a unit of information equal to 1024 pebibits or 2^60 bits

a unit of information equal to 1024 exbibytes or 2^70 bytes

a unit of information equal to 1000 exabytes or 10^21 bytes

a unit of information equal to 1000 exabits or 10^21 bits

a unit of information equal to 1024 exbibits or 2^70 bits

a unit of information equal to 1024 zebibytes or 2^80 bytes

a unit of information equal to 1000 zettabytes or 10^24 bytes

a unit of information equal to 1000 zettabits or 10^24 bits

a unit of information equal to 1024 zebibits or 2^80 bits

a measure of the capacity of a circuit component to store charge

a measure of the quantity of electricity (determined by the amount of an electric current and the time for which it flows)

a measure of a material's ability to conduct an electrical charge

a measure of the amount of electric charge flowing past a circuit point at a specific time

the reciprocal of capacitance

an electromagnetic unit of magnetic intensity

a measure of the amount of flux per unit of cross sectional area

a measure of the property of an electric circuit by which an electromotive force is induced in it

a measure of the visible electromagnetic radiation

a unit of measurement of magnetomotive force

a measure of the potential energy of a unit charge at a given point in a circuit relative to a reference point (ground)

a measure of electric power

a measure of radioactivity

the reciprocal of conductance

a measure of explosive power (of an atomic weapon) equal to that of 1000 tons of TNT

a measure of explosive power (of an atomic weapon) equal to that of one million tons of TNT

a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 cm/sec/sec to a mass of 1 gram

a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 m/sec/sec to a mass of 1 kilogram; equal to 100,000 dynes

a unit of force equal to 1000 newtons

a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound; equal to 0.1382 newtons

a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec

(used only in combination) something weighing a given number of pounds

a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated

a unit of gravitational acceleration equal to one centimeter per second per second (named after Galileo)

a linear unit used for astronomical distances

a linear unit of distance in metric terms

a linear unit of distance used in navigation

a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot

a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard

(used only in combinations) the height or length of something in feet

a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride

(used only in combinations) the height or length of something in yards

a linear measure of 16.5 feet

a unit of length equal to 220 yards

a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters

(used only in combinations) the length of something in miles

a unit of length equal to half of 1 mile

a unit of length equal to a quarter of 1 mile

an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles)

a linear unit (1/40 inch) used to measure diameter of buttons

a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard

a Russian unit of length (71 cm)

(in India) a unit of length having different values in different localities

a Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities

a Russian unit of length (1.067 km)

a nautical unit of depth

a unit of length

an ancient unit of length based on the length of the forearm

the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure

about seven inches; the breadth of a fist with the thumb stuck out (used especially in archery to give the correct distance of the string from the bow)

the length of your body

any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand

the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head

a unit of length of thread or yarn

Chinese distance measure; approximately 0.5 kilometers

a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain

the number of openings per linear inch of a screen; measures size of particles

a unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch; used to specify thickness (e.g., of sheets or wire)

a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km

an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards

an ancient Roman unit of length (4.85 English feet) measured as the distance from the heel of one foot to the heel of the same foot when next it touches the ground

a modern version of the Roman pace now taken to be 5 feet

the length of a single step in marching (taken to be 30 inches for quick time or 36 inches for double time)

a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand

a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches)

a U.S. unit of measure equal to 1609.347 meters; derived from the use of 39.37 inches as the conversion for one meter

a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth

the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents

the basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999); in 2002 twelve European nations (Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Austria, Finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies

the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 centimes

a monetary unit that is valued at a fraction (usually one hundredth) of the basic monetary unit

monetary unit in the Islamic State of Afghanistan

monetary unit in Argentina

monetary unit in Thailand

monetary unit in Panama

monetary unit in Ethiopia

monetary unit of Venezuela

monetary unit of Ghana

monetary unit in Costa Rica

monetary unit in El Salvador

monetary unit in Brazil

monetary unit in Gambia

monetary unit in Algeria

monetary unit in Bahrain

monetary unit in Iraq

monetary unit in Jordan

monetary unit in Kuwait

monetary unit in Libya

monetary unit in Tunisia

monetary unit in Yugoslavia

monetary unit in Morocco

monetary unit in the United Arab Emirates

monetary unit in Vietnam

monetary unit in Greece

monetary unit on Sao Tome e Principe

monetary unit on Cape Verde

monetary unit in Portugal

monetary unit in Hungary

the monetary unit in Haiti

monetary unit in Paraguay

monetary unit in the Netherlands

monetary unit in Suriname

monetary unit in Peru

monetary unit in Papua New Guinea

monetary unit in Laos

monetary unit in Czech Republic

monetary unit in Slovakia

monetary unit in Iceland

monetary unit in Sweden

monetary unit in Denmark

monetary unit in Norway

monetary unit in Malawi

monetary unit in Zambia

monetary unit in Angola

monetary unit in the Union of Burma

monetary unit in Albania

monetary unit in Honduras

monetary unit in Sierra Leone

monetary unit in Romania

monetary unit in Bulgaria

monetary unit in Swaziland

monetary unit in Italy

monetary unit in Great Britain

monetary unit in Turkey

monetary unit in Lesotho

monetary unit in Germany

monetary unit in Finland

monetary unit in Mozambique

monetary unit in Nigeria

monetary unit in Bhutan

monetary unit in Mauritania

monetary unit in Tonga

monetary unit in Macao

monetary unit in Spain

monetary unit in Bolivia

monetary unit in Nicaragua

monetary unit in Chile

monetary unit in Colombia

monetary unit in Cuba

monetary unit in the Dominican Republic

monetary unit in Guinea-Bissau

monetary unit in Mexico

monetary unit in the Philippines

monetary unit in Uruguay

monetary unit in Cyprus

monetary unit in Egypt

monetary unit in Eire

monetary unit in Lebanon

monetary unit on Malta

monetary unit in the Sudan

monetary unit in Syria

monetary unit in Botswana

monetary unit in Guatemala

monetary unit in South Africa

monetary unit in Iran

monetary unit in Oman

monetary unit in Yemen

monetary unit in Cambodia

monetary unit is Malaysia

monetary unit in Qatar

monetary unit in Saudi Arabia

monetary unit in Russia

monetary unit in Armenia

monetary unit in Azerbaijan

monetary unit in Belarus

monetary unit in Estonia

monetary unit in Georgia

monetary unit in Kazakhstan

monetary unit in Latvia

monetary unit in Lithuania

monetary unit in Kyrgyzstan

monetary unit in Moldova

monetary unit in Tajikistan

monetary unit in Turkmenistan

monetary unit in Ukraine

monetary unit in Uzbekistan

monetary unit in India

monetary unit in Pakistan

monetary unit in Mauritius

monetary unit in Nepal

monetary unit in Seychelles

monetary unit in Sri Lanka

monetary unit in Indonesia

monetary unit in Austria

monetary unit in Israel

monetary unit in Kenya

monetary unit in Somalia

monetary unit in Tanzania

monetary unit in Uganda

monetary unit in Ecuador

monetary unit in Guinea

monetary unit in Bangladesh

monetary unit in Western Samoa

monetary unit in Mongolia

monetary unit in North Korea

monetary unit in South Korea

monetary unit in Japan

the monetary unit in the People's Republic of China

monetary unit in Zaire

monetary unit in Poland

a unit of pain intensity

a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade

a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter

a unit of pressure equal to 0.001316 atmosphere; named after Torricelli

a unit of pressure

a unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar

(meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter

the absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter

a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch

a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing

half the width of an em

a quad with a square body

a linear unit of the size of type slightly larger than an em

space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising

an advertising measure; one agate line appearing in one million copies of a publication

a unit of measurement for advertising space

a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels

a logarithmic unit of sound intensity; 10 times the logarithm of the ratio of the sound intensity to some reference intensity

a unit of perceived loudness equal to the loudness of a 1000-hertz tone at 40 dB above threshold

a unit of subjective loudness

a unit of traffic intensity in a telephone system

a unit of temperature on a specified scale

a unit of temperature equal to one-thousandth of a degree

the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

a unit of temperature on the Rankine scale

a unit used in estimating fuel requirements for heating a building

a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; the viscosity of a fluid in which a force of one dyne per square centimeter maintains a velocity of 1 centimeter per second

unit of mass for expressing masses of atoms or molecules

the sum of the number of neutrons and protons in an atomic nucleus

any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights

any of the unit of the troy system of weights

any weight unit used in pharmacy; an ounce is equal to 480 grains and a pound is equal to 12 ounces

a decimal unit of weight based on the gram

a unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries

any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams)

the weight of a liter of hydrogen (at 0 centigrade and 760 millimeters pressure)

the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds

a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds

a unit of weight used in Asia; has different values in different countries

a Greek unit of weight equal to one tenth of a gram

a Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds

a unit of weight used in some parts of Asia; approximately equal to 133 pounds (the load a grown man can carry)

a Russian unit of weight equal to approximately 36 pounds

a unit of weight used in some Moslem countries near the Mediterranean; varies between one and five pounds

a unit of mass equal to the mass that accelerates at 1 foot/sec/sec when acted upon by a force of 1 pound; approximately 14.5939 kilograms

a unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces

a unit of weight for wool equal to about 28 pounds

a weight of 28 pounds; sometimes imposed as a handicap in a horse race (such as a steeplechase)

a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy

a cgs unit of work or energy; the work done by a force of one dyne acting over a distance of one centimeter

a unit of energy equal to the work done by an electron accelerated through a potential difference of 1 volt

a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second

unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure

a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food

a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure; equivalent to 251.997 calories

a unit of heat equal to 100,000 British thermal units

a unit of energy equal to the power of one watt operating for one hour

a unit of energy equal to the work done by a power of 1000 watts operating for one hour

a unit of work equal to a force of one pound moving through a distance of one foot

2240 foot-pounds

a unit of work equal to a force of one poundal moving through a distance of one foot

a unit of work equal to the work done by one horsepower in one hour

a unit of work equal to the work done by a one kilogram force operating through a distance of one meter