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international units

international units is the plural of international unit.

Meaning of international unit

Noun

international unit (plural international units)

  1. A particular, minute unit of mass, defined differently for different substances, but so that varying substances of the same general type have the property that one international unit of the one has the same effect on the human body as one international unit of the other.
    Synonyms:
    IU

Questions about international units

What is international units the plural of?
International units is the plural of international unit.

Words near international units in the dictionary

  1. International System of Units
  2. international systems
  3. International Talk Like a Pirate Day
  4. International Time Bureau
  5. international unit
  6. international units
  7. international waters
  8. International Women's Day
  9. International Working Women's Day
  10. Internationale
  11. internationalisation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: international units (page history and authors); international unit (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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