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INTERNATIONAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several international socialist organizations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("International" is a kind of...):
socialism; socialist economy (an economic system based on state ownership of capital)
Meronyms (members of "International"):
internationalist (a member of a socialist or communist international)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
From or between other countries
Example:
developing nations need outside help
Synonyms:
external; international; outside
Classified under:
Similar:
foreign (of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own))
Derivation:
internationality (quality of being international in scope)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Concerning or belonging to all or at least two or more nations
Example:
international waters
Classified under:
Similar:
global; planetary; world; world-wide; worldwide (involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope)
internationalist; internationalistic (influenced by or advocating internationalism)
multinational; transnational (involving or operating in several nations or nationalities)
supranational (transcending established national boundaries or spheres of interest)
Also:
foreign (of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own))
Antonym:
national (limited to or in the interests of a particular nation)
Derivation:
internationality (quality of being international in scope)
Context examples:
Unit of arbitrary substance concentration (biologic activity concentration) defined as the concentration of one millionth of international unit per one milliliter of system volume.
(Microinternational Unit per Milliliter, NCI Thesaurus)
A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an international inch or 25.4 microns; used predominantly to specify thickness.
(Mil, NCI Thesaurus)
One NIH unit equals 1.1 to 1.3 International Units of thrombin.
(NIH Unit of Thrombin Inhibited/Square Centimeter, NCI Thesaurus)
An organization with monitoring, regulatory, or supervisory authority over biomedical research at the local, regional, national, or international level.
(Oversight Authority, NCI Thesaurus)
It’s a vital international problem that you have to solve.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
All conditions are coded according to the International Classification of Diseases.
(National Health Interview Survey, NCI Thesaurus)
A unit of amount of substance, one of the seven base units of the International System of Units (Systeme International d'Unites, SI).
(Mole, NCI Thesaurus)
A traditional unit of distance equal to 5280 international feet, 1760 international yards, or 1609.344 meters.
(Mile, NCI Thesaurus)
A unit equal to one-thousandth of an international unit.
(Milliinternational Unit, NCI Thesaurus)
A dose calculation unit equal to one-thousandth (10E-3) of an arbitrary unit of biological activity (International Unit) of substance per square meter of body surface area.
(Milliinternational Unit per Square Meter, NCI Thesaurus)
