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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

measure, quantity, amount go
how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify

definite quantity go
a specific measure of amount

unit, unit of measurement
any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange

noun.quantity

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