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"antonyms": [
{
"sense": "measurement",
"word": "derived unit"
}
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"tags": [
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"_dis": "61 39",
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},
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"_dis": "90 10",
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"examples": [
{
"text": "The SI unit of velocity is metres per second, derived from the base units metre and second."
}
],
"glosses": [
"A unit of measurement which is not itself defined in terms of other units, and from which other units may be derived."
],
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"word": "fundamental unit"
}
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"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a unit of measurement on which others are based",
"word": "perusyksikkö"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "themeliódis monáda",
"sense": "a unit of measurement on which others are based",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "θεμελιώδης μονάδα"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a unit of measurement on which others are based",
"word": "alapegység"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "a unit of measurement on which others are based",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bunaonad"
}
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "When upgrading her computer she bought a new base unit but kept the screen, keyboard and mouse."
}
],
"glosses": [
"The main unit of a computer or hi-fi system."
],
"id": "en-base_unit-en-noun-N-yXOmef",
"links": [
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"computer",
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],
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"hi-fi",
"hi-fi"
]
],
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{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the main unit of a computer or hi-fi system",
"topics": [
"computer",
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences"
],
"word": "kone"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
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"english": "HiFi system",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the main unit of a computer or hi-fi system",
"word": "soitin"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "the main unit of a computer or hi-fi system",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "bonnaonad"
}
]
}
],
"word": "base unit"
}
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"English multiword terms",
"English nouns",
"en:Metric system",
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{
"examples": [
{
"text": "The SI unit of velocity is metres per second, derived from the base units metre and second."
}
],
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"A unit of measurement which is not itself defined in terms of other units, and from which other units may be derived."
],
"links": [
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"unit",
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],
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}
]
},
{
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{
"text": "When upgrading her computer she bought a new base unit but kept the screen, keyboard and mouse."
}
],
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],
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],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a unit of measurement on which others are based",
"word": "perusyksikkö"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "themeliódis monáda",
"sense": "a unit of measurement on which others are based",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "θεμελιώδης μονάδα"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a unit of measurement on which others are based",
"word": "alapegység"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "a unit of measurement on which others are based",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bunaonad"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the main unit of a computer or hi-fi system",
"topics": [
"computer",
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences"
],
"word": "kone"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "HiFi system",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the main unit of a computer or hi-fi system",
"word": "soitin"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "the main unit of a computer or hi-fi system",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bonnaonad"
}
],
"word": "base unit"
}
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