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31international — adj. & n. adj. 1 existing, involving, or carried on between two or more nations. 2 agreed on or used by all or many nations (international date line; international driving licence). n. 1 a a contest, esp. in sport, between teams representing… …
32International — adj. & n. adj. 1 existing, involving, or carried on between two or more nations. 2 agreed on or used by all or many nations (international date line; international driving licence). n. 1 a a contest, esp. in sport, between teams representing… …
33International unit — In pharmacology, the International Unit is a unit of measurement for the amount of a substance, based on biological activity or effect. It is abbreviated as IU, as UI (Spanish unidad internacional or French unité internationale or Italian unità… …
34international — internationality, n. internationally, adv. /in teuhr nash euh nl/, adj. 1. between or among nations; involving two or more nations: international trade. 2. of or pertaining to two or more nations or their citizens: a matter of international… …
35system — systemless, adj. /sis teuhm/, n. 1. an assemblage or combination of things or parts forming a complex or unitary whole: a mountain system; a railroad system. 2. any assemblage or set of correlated members: a system of currency; a system of… …
36List of the United States National Park System official units — The Official Units of the National Park System of the United States is the collection of physical properties owned or administered by the National Park Service. As of 2011, there are 397 official units of the National Park System. However, this… …
37international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
38system — 1. [TA] A consistent and complex whole made up of correlated and semiindependent parts. A complex of functionally related anatomic structures. 2. The entire organism seen as a complex organization of parts. 3. Any complex of structures… …
39international law — the body of rules that nations generally recognize as binding in their conduct toward one another. Also called law of nations. Cf. private international law, public international law. [1830 40] * * * Body of legal rules, norms, and standards that …
40international joule — joule joule (j[=oo]l), n. [From the distinguished English physicist, James Prescott Joule (1818 1889).] (Physics.) A unit of work which is equal to 10^{7} ergs (the unit of work in the C. G. S. system of units), and is equivalent to one watt… …
