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    WORK UNIT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A unit of measurement for workplay

    Synonyms:

    energy unit; heat unit; work unit

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

    Hypernyms ("work unit" is a kind of...):

    unit; unit of measurement (any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "work unit"):

    erg (a cgs unit of work or energy; the work done by a force of one dyne acting over a distance of one centimeter)

    electron volt; eV (a unit of energy equal to the work done by an electron accelerated through a potential difference of 1 volt)

    J; joule; watt second (a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second)

    calorie; gram calorie; small calorie (unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure)

    Calorie; kilocalorie; kilogram calorie; large calorie; nutritionist's calorie (a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food)

    B.Th.U.; British thermal unit; BTU (a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure; equivalent to 251.997 calories)

    therm (a unit of heat equal to 100,000 British thermal units)

    watt-hour (a unit of energy equal to the power of one watt operating for one hour)

    B.T.U.; Board of Trade unit; kilowatt hour; kW-hr (a unit of energy equal to the work done by a power of 1000 watts operating for one hour)

    foot-pound (a unit of work equal to a force of one pound moving through a distance of one foot)

    foot-ton (2240 foot-pounds)

    foot-poundal (a unit of work equal to a force of one poundal moving through a distance of one foot)

    horsepower-hour (a unit of work equal to the work done by one horsepower in one hour)

    kilogram-meter (a unit of work equal to the work done by a one kilogram force operating through a distance of one meter)

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