QUANTITY UNIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quantity unit mean? 

• QUANTITY UNIT (noun)
  The noun QUANTITY UNIT has 1 sense:

1. a measure of the quantity of electricity (determined by the amount of an electric current and the time for which it flows)

  Familiarity information: QUANTITY UNIT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUANTITY UNIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A measure of the quantity of electricity (determined by the amount of an electric current and the time for which it flows)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

charge unit; quantity unit

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

electromagnetic unit; emu (any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism)

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

ampere-second; C; coulomb (a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second)

abcoulomb (a unit of electrical charge equal to 10 coulombs)

ampere-minute (a unit of charge equal to 60 coulombs)

ampere-hour (a unit of charge equal to 3600 coulombs)

 Context examples 

A terminology subset for NCPDP that describes the intended or actual dispensed quantity unit of measure (e.g., 1 Pack, 1 Inhaler, 17 grams, 30 tablets, 473 ML, 3 Eaches).

(NCPDP Quantity Unit of Measure Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)