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Carnegie Unit

Carnegie Unit is the alternative letter-case form of Carnegie unit.

Noun capitalized: Carnegie unit

Carnegie unit (plural Carnegie units)

  1. (US) A standard measure of academic credit, based on the amount of time spent in class, rather than the mastery of the material, representing 120 hours of instructional contact time over the course of a year.

Forms of Carnegie Unit

pluralCarnegie Units
pluralCarnegie units
alternative formCarnegie Unit

Origin of Carnegie Unit

Used since 1906. Derives from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, which was itself named after Andrew Carnegie.

Questions about Carnegie Unit

What does Carnegie Unit mean?
Carnegie Unit means a standard measure of academic credit, based on the amount of time spent in class, rather than the mastery of the material, representing 120 hours of instructional contact time over the course of a year.
What is Carnegie Unit the alternative letter-case form of?
Carnegie Unit is the alternative letter-case form of Carnegie unit.
What part of speech is Carnegie Unit?
Carnegie Unit is a noun.
What is the plural of Carnegie Unit?
The plural of Carnegie Unit is Carnegie Units.

Words near Carnegie Unit in the dictionary

  1. Carneaux
  2. Carnegian
  3. Carnegie
  4. Carnegie libraries
  5. Carnegie library
  6. Carnegie Unit
  7. Carnegie Units
  8. carnegieite
  9. carnegieites
  10. Carnegies
  11. carnelian

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