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  • noun Plural form of unit.

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Examples

  • ; Parse the number of seconds into a human-readable string if hours > 0 if hours = 1 units = hour else units = hours timeDesc = \% hours\% \% units\% if minutes 0 | | seconds 0 timeDesc: = timeDesc.

    AutoHotkey Community 2009

  • "," if minutes > 0 if minutes = 1 units = minute else units = minutes timeDesc = \% timeDesc\%\%minutes\% \% units\% if seconds 0 timeDesc: = timeDesc.

    AutoHotkey Community 2009

  • "," if seconds = 1 units = second else units = seconds if seconds 0 timeDesc = \% timeDesc\%\%seconds\% \% units\%

    AutoHotkey Community 2009

  • The proposal, part of a plan from Wright Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, was to develop chemicals that effect (sic) human behavior so that discipline and morale in enemy units is adversely effected (sic).

    12/20/2005 2005

  • The proposal, part of a plan from Wright Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, was to develop chemicals that effect (sic) human behavior so that discipline and morale in enemy units is adversely effected (sic).

    Think Progress » Bush Caught on Tape: “A Wiretap Requires A Court Order. Nothing Has Changed.” 2005

  • The proposal, disclosed in response to a Freedom of Information request, called for developing chemicals affecting human behavior "so that discipline and morale in enemy units is adversely affected."

    January 2005 2005

  • Its not like accurate measurements cant be made in either system and (with a computer on every desk, in every pocket even) converting units is child's play.

    More Poor Excuses On NASA's Fear of the Metric System - NASA Watch 2009

  • The four years he refers to is specifically the length of Obama's first administration; think of it as 1 (with zero decimal places) in units of presidential terms.

    Hansen: Obama has only four years to save the world - NASA Watch 2009

  • We hold the command chronologies for all Marine units from the Vietnam period here at the Historical Center .... up to 1966.

    Heroes or Villains? 2010

  • The system of units is the least important thing around.

    More Poor Excuses On NASA's Fear of the Metric System - NASA Watch 2009

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