the unit of measurement
111earth-rate unit — (eru) a unit of angular velocity equal to 15° per hour (one revolution per day), the rate at which the earth rotates on its axis. This unit is used to measure the drift rates of gyroscopes and various pointing devices in aerospace engineering …
112heat unit — an alternate name, coined by Americans, for the British thermal unit (Btu). This is not the same as the Celsius heat unit (Chu) …
113shower unit — a unit of distance used in studying cosmic radiation; it is the distance a charged particle travels in a given material while its energy decreases by 50%. Thus it depends on the material: in air the shower unit is very long, about 230 meters,… …
114measurement — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Determination of size Nouns 1. measurement, measure, admeasurement, mensuration, survey, valuation, appraisement, appraisal, metage, assessment, determination, assize, estimate, estimation; dead… …
115unit — I. noun Etymology: back formation from unity Date: 1570 1. a. the first and least natural number ; one b. a single quantity regarded as a whole in calculation 2. a determinate quantity (as of length, time, heat, or value) adopted as a standard of …
116FCC unit — a U.S. measure of purity and effectiveness for chemical substances added to foods. FCC stands for Food Chemical Codex, a code of standards prepared by the U.S. Institute of Medicine for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Perhaps most… …
117flux unit — (fu) a former name for the jansky, a unit used in astronomy to measure the strength of a radio signal received from an object in the sky …
118particle flux unit — (pfu) a unit used to measure the rate at which energetic particles, such as protons, are received by spacecraft. These flux rates are a major component of the space weather, the environment in which satellites and other spacecraft operate. One …
119monetary measurement convention — The accounting convention that transactions are only recognized in financial statements if they can be measured in monetary terms. This means that some assets, such as a highly trained workforce or a sound customer base, will not be shown. It is… …
120The Walt Disney Company — Disney redirects here. For other uses, see Disney (disambiguation). The Walt Disney Company Type Public company Traded as NYSE:  …
