ABSORPTION UNIT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A unit for measuring absorption

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("absorption unit" is a kind of...):

unit; unit of measurement (any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "absorption unit"):

sabin (a unit of acoustic absorption equivalent to the absorption by a square foot of a surface that absorbs all incident sound)

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