Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

second unit

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.87 in modern English

Syllables: sec-ond u-nit
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A separate team that shoots footage that is of secondary importance for the final cut of the motion picture, as opposed to first unit.

Example Sentences

"It is the apotheosis of what we in modern sport are obliged to call “plotlines”, and if Leni Riefenstahl were still alive, I imagine she’d be shooting second unit on it."

Inflected Forms

second units (plural)

Questions

What does second unit mean?: A separate team that shoots footage that is of secondary importance for the final cut of the motion picture, as opposed to first unit.

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