"HU" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: HUs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} HU (plural HUs)
  1. (Pakistan) Initialism of Hazara University. Tags: Pakistan, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Hazara University
    Sense id: en-HU-en-noun--hld3Lxj Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, Pakistani English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 1 20 15 24
  2. (logistics) Initialism of handling unit. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: handling unit Categories (topical): Logistics
    Sense id: en-HU-en-noun-wm0B3lPr
  3. Initialism of Hounsfield unit on the Hounsfield scale, a unit of measurement used on a computed tomography machine. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Hounsfield unit on the Hounsfield scale (extra: a unit of measurement used on a computed tomography machine)
    Sense id: en-HU-en-noun-vCvVeXGS
  4. (obsolete, US, army, aviation) prefix for utility helicopter designations Tags: US, obsolete Categories (topical): Aviation

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for HU meaning in English (2.9kB)

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