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international unit

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.81 in modern English

Syllables
in-ter-na-tion-al u-nit
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A particular, minute unit of mass, defined differently for different substances, but so that varying substances of the same general type have the property that one international unit of the one has the same effect on the human body as one international unit of the other.

Inflected Forms

international units (plural)

Derived Forms

IU

Phrases

micro-international unit milli-international unit USP unit

Frequently Paired Words

NF USP unit

Synonyms

IU

Questions

What does international unit mean?
A particular, minute unit of mass, defined differently for different substances, but so that varying substances of the same general type have the property that one international unit of the one has the same effect on the human body as one international unit of the other.

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