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absolute units

absolute units is the plural of absolute unit.

Meaning of absolute unit

Noun (1)

absolute unit (plural absolute units)

  1. A unit of measurement that can be defined in terms of mass, length, and time.

Noun (2)

absolute unit (plural absolute units)

  1. (Australia, Internet, UK, humorous) An exceptionally large or stout person.
    • Liverpool BMX president Neil Cameron said, despite the name, [Kama Kazi] is a "lovely bloke", "great with the kids" and also an "absolute unit".2006 February 15, “Sticky Beak”, in Liverpool Leader, Factiva:LIVLEA0020060215e22f00005
    Synonyms:
    big boy
  2. (broadly) Anything exceptionally large for its type.
    • In response to an already pretty embarrassing MIT Technology Review tweet calling the world’s biggest airplane an absolute unit, Musk stopped giggling into his hands just long enough to reply, “I’m an absolute unit too.”2019 April 18, Reid McCarter, “Bad news, everyone: Elon Musk has discovered the ‘absolute unit’ meme”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 27 Jul 2019

Questions about absolute units

What is absolute units the plural of?
Absolute units is the plural of absolute unit.

Words near absolute units in the dictionary

  1. absolute territory
  2. absolute threshold
  3. absolute thresholds
  4. absolute time
  5. absolute unit
  6. absolute units
  7. absolute uterine factor infertility
  8. absolute uterine infertility
  9. absolute value
  10. absolute values
  11. absolute weight

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