international units
1international units — plural noun Internationally recognized units in terms of which pure, or impure, vitamin material can be assayed • • • Main Entry: ↑international …
2International Brigades order of battle — The International Brigades (IB) were volunteer military units who fought on the side of the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War. The volunteers were motivated to fight on political or social grounds and made their way to Spain… …
3international unit — Pharm. 1. an internationally agreed upon standard, as measured by bioassay, to which samples of a substance, as a drug or hormone, are compared to ascertain their relative potency. 2. the particular quantity of such a substance, which causes a… …
4international unit — (IU) a unit used to measure the activity (that is, the effect) of many vitamins and drugs. For each substance to which this unit applies, there is an international agreement specifying the biological effect expected with a dose of 1 IU. Other… …
5International Financial Reporting Standards — (IFRS) are standards and interpretations adopted by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). Many of the standards forming part of IFRS are known by the older name of International Accounting Standards (IAS). IAS were issued between… …
6International Federation of the Phonographic Industry — Abbreviation IFPI Motto representing the recording industry worldwide Formation 1933 Headquarters 10 Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom …
7International standard — International standards are standards developed by international standards organisations. International standards are available for consideration and use, worldwide.International standards may be used either by direct application or by a process… …
8International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center — Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo, CIMMYT Front gates of CIMMYT in El Batán. Maize test fields seen far center. Formation 1943 [1 …
9International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions — Abbreviation INTOSAI Motto Experientia Mutua Omnibus Prodest, Mutual experience benefits all Formation 1953 Type IGO H …
10International Health — International health, also called geographic medicine or global health , is a field of health care, usually with a public health emphasis, dealing with health across regional or national boundaries. One subset of international medicine, travel… …
