Hypernyms for "unit of measurement"
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absorption unit
acceleration unit
angular unit
area unit
bit
Brinell number
capacity measure
capacity unit
carat
computer memory unit
cubage unit
cubature unit
cubic content unit
cubic measure
denier
diopter
dioptre
displacement unit
electromagnetic unit
electrostatic unit
emu
energy unit
explosive unit
force unit
heat unit
karat
kt
langley
linear measure
linear unit
mass unit
measuring block
measuring unit
megaflop
metric
metric unit
MFLOP
miles per gallon
million floating point operations per second
million instructions per second
MIPS
monetary unit
pain unit
point
pressure unit
printing unit
sound unit
square measure
telephone unit
temperature unit
teraflop
trillion floating point operations per second
unit of viscosity
volume unit
weight
weight unit
work unit
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.