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second units

second units is the plural of second unit.

Meaning of second unit

Noun

second unit (plural second units)

  1. A separate team that shoots footage that is of secondary importance for the final cut of the motion picture, as opposed to first unit.
    • It is the apotheosis of what we in modern sport are obliged to call “plotlines”, and if Leni Riefenstahl were still alive, I imagine she’d be shooting second unit on it.2024 March 5, Marina Hyde, “It’s the Christian Horner paradox: F1 is now hideously dull, but the drama has never been better”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Questions about second units

What is second units the plural of?
Second units is the plural of second unit.

Words near second units in the dictionary

  1. second toes
  2. second Tuesday of the week
  3. second uncle
  4. second uncles
  5. second unit
  6. second units
  7. second violin
  8. second violinist
  9. second violinists
  10. second violins
  11. second virginity

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