weighing unit
1Weighing scale — Emperor Jahangir (reign 1605 1627) weighing his son Shah Jahan on a weighing scale by artist Manohar (AD 1615, Mughal dynasty, India). A weighing scale (usually just scales in UK and Australian English, weighing machine in south Asian English or… …
2Unit fine — A unit fine system is a judicial sentence in which the amount of the fine depends upon the offender s means.DistributionUnit fine systems are common and standard in many jurisdictions across the world, notably in Commonwealth countries such as… …
3unit — 1. One; a single person or thing. 2. A standard of measure, weight, or any other quality, by multiplications or fractions of which a scale or system is formed. 3. A group of persons or things considered as a whole because of mutual activities or… …
4Neonatal intensive care unit — A newborn infant sleeping in an incubator A Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) also called a Special Care Nursery, newborn intensive care unit, intensive care nursery (ICN), and special care baby unit (SCBU) is an intensive care unit… …
5Deben (Egyptian weight unit) — The deben was an ancient Egyptian weight unit.Old and Middle KingdomStone weights from the Old Kingdom have been found, weighing about 13.6 grammes. Similar weights from the Middle Kingdom were discovered at Lisht. From the Middle Kingdom date… …
6Deben (unit) — The deben was an ancient Egyptian weight unit …
7antitoxic unit — a unit for expressing the strength of an antitoxin. The unit of diphtheria antitoxin is approximately the amount that will preserve the life of a guinea pig weighing 250 g for at least four days after it is injected subcutaneously with a mixture… …
8animal unit — (AU) a unit of feed consumption used in U.S. dairying and ranching. One animal unit is the feed or grazing requirement of a mature cow weighing 1000 pounds (about 454 kilograms). This is approximately 26 pounds (11.8 kg) of dry forage. Total… …
9toxic unit — toxin unit the smallest dose of toxin which will kill a guinea pig weighing about 250 g in three to four days …
10Counterfeit coin problem — Information theory was created in 1948 by Claude Shannon. This theory has notably enriched the field of research into mathematics, economics, biology, psychology, semantics, etc. As an example, this theory recently contributed to quantum… …
