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IU

IU is the initialism of international unit.

IU is the ellipsis of Indiana University.

IU is the initialism of Indiana University Bloomington.

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

Synonyms of IU

Forms of IU

pluralIUs

Phrases with IU

Questions about IU

What is IU the initialism of?
IU is the initialism of international unit.

Words near IU in the dictionary

  1. itzibus
  2. Itzkowitz
  3. Itzkowitzes
  4. Itō
  5. It⁺⁶
  6. IU
  7. Iu Mien
  8. Iu Miens
  9. IUBMB
  10. IUCAA
  11. IUCD

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Adapted from Wiktionary: IU (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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