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Danwei; a state institution of employment and political organization in China
A work unit or danwei (simplified Chinese: 单位; traditional Chinese: 單位; pinyin: dānwèi) is the name given to a place of employment in the People's Republic
Work_unit
Concept in software engineering
A unit of work is a behavioral pattern in software development. Martin Fowler has defined it as everything one does during a business transaction which
Unit_of_work
Amount of separation done by a uranium enrichment process
1 kSWU = 1 tSW = 1 t UTA 1 MSWU = 1 ktSW = 1 kt UTA Separative work unit is not a unit of energy, but serves as a measure of the enrichment services.
Separative_work_units
Type of urban development strategy
neighborhood, or in zoning policy across an entire city or other administrative unit. These projects may be completed by a private developer, (quasi-) governmental
Mixed-use_development
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up unit in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Unit may refer to: Unit of measurement, a definite magnitude of a physical quantity, defined and adopted
Unit
Unit of work performed within a database management system
A database transaction symbolizes a unit of work, performed within a database management system (or similar system) against a database, that is treated
Database_transaction
Unit of measurement of an employee's workload
Full-time equivalent (FTE), or whole time equivalent (WTE), is a unit of measurement that indicates the workload of an employed person (or student) in
Full-time_equivalent
Unit of force in physics
kilogram at one metre per second squared. The unit is named after Isaac Newton in recognition of his work on classical mechanics, specifically his second
Newton_(unit)
Uranium processed to increase the percentage of uranium-235
enriched uranium. The cost per separative work unit is approximately 100 dollars per Separative Work Units (SWU), making it about 40% cheaper than standard
Enriched_uranium
Fictional military intelligence organization in the Doctor Who franchise
UNIT is a fictional military organisation from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and its spin-offs Torchwood, The Sarah Jane Adventures
UNIT
Japanese biological and chemical warfare unit (1936–1945)
Unit 731 (Japanese: 731部隊, Hepburn: Nana-san-ichi Butai), officially known as the Manchu Detachment 731 and also referred to as the Kamo Detachment and
Unit_731
Modular component designed to be replaced quickly at an operating location
usually a sealed unit such as a radio or other auxiliary equipment. LRUs are typically assigned logistics control numbers (LCNs) or work unit codes (WUCs)
Line-replaceable_unit
Modern form of the metric system
The International System of Units, internationally known by the abbreviation SI (from its official French name, Système international d'unités), is the
International_System_of_Units
Process of energy transfer to an object via force application through displacement
or a measurement of work. Another unit for work is the foot-pound, which comes from the English system of measurement. As the unit name suggests, it is
Work_(physics)
Amount of energy transferred or converted per unit time
amount of energy transferred or converted per unit time. In the International System of Units, the unit of power is the watt (symbol W), equal to one
Power_(physics)
Modular component designed to be replaced by a technician at a backshop
LRU. SRUs are typically assigned logistics control numbers (LCNs) or work unit codes (WUCs) to manage logistics operations. SRUs can be stocked to allow
Shop-replaceable_unit
Concentrating specific isotopes of a chemical element
relative to the remainder. The unit is strictly: kilogram separative work unit, and it measures the quantity of separative work (indicative of energy used
Isotope_separation
2006 American action-drama television series
The Unit is an American action-drama television series created by David Mamet that aired on CBS from March 7, 2006, to May 10, 2009, with the total of
The_Unit
resources lead to work engagement, which in turn had an influence on the level of personal initiative and consequently on work-unit innovativeness. Example:
Work_engagement
Device that performs isotope separation of gases
work unit (SWU) is a measure of the amount of work done by the centrifuge and has units of mass (typically kilogram separative work unit). The work W
Gas_centrifuge
Occupations with guaranteed income security
employees of various state-owned enterprises (through the mechanism of the work unit). The origin of the term "iron rice bowl" came from Jǐ Yún's journal,
Iron_rice_bowl
Validating the behavior of isolated source code
expected behavior. Unit testing describes tests that are run at the unit-level to contrast testing at the integration or system level. Unit testing, as a principle
Unit_testing
Distributed computing project simulating protein folding
receive pieces of a simulation (work units), complete them, and return them to the project's database servers, where the units are compiled into an overall
Folding@home
Type of energy transfer
performed is power, measured in joules per second, and denoted with the unit watt (W). Work, i.e. "weight lifted through a height", was originally defined in
Work_(thermodynamics)
that, "A work unit controls employees basically through the dang'an (personnel dossier) system. An employee cannot transfer to another work unit without
Dang'an
Volunteer computing project
where it would run faster on some work units than earlier versions. However, some work units (the best work units, scientifically speaking) would take
SETI@home
Season of American television series
season of American police procedural crime drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit premiered on NBC on September 25, 2025, and concluded on May 14, 2026. The
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 27
Law_&_Order:_Special_Victims_Unit_season_27
Unit of execution or work in software
In computing, a task is a unit of execution or a unit of work. The term is ambiguous; precise alternative terms include process, light-weight process
Task_(computing)
Type of energy
In solid-state physics, the work function (sometimes spelled workfunction) is the minimum thermodynamic work (i.e., energy) needed to remove an electron
Work_function
Specialized electronic circuit that accelerates graphics
A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a specialized electronic circuit designed for digital image processing and to accelerate computer graphics, being present
Graphics_processing_unit
Academic discipline and profession
Social work is an academic discipline and practice-based profession concerned with meeting the basic needs of individuals, families, groups, communities
Social_work
British physicist (1902–1984)
conducted important theoretical work on uranium enrichment by gas centrifuge. He introduced the separative work unit (SWU) in 1941. He contributed to
Paul_Dirac
Work units of Nazi death camp prisoners
Sonderkommandos (German: [ˈzɔndɐkɔˌmando], lit. 'special unit') were work units made up of German Nazi death camp prisoners. They were composed of prisoners
Sonderkommando
Tracking of CPU time donated to BOINC projects
work unit returned and validated. Credits are tracked internally for computers, users, and teams. When a computer processes and returns a work unit,
BOINC_Credit_System
Season of American television series
season of the police procedural/legal drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit premiered September 23, 2008, and ended June 2, 2009, on NBC. It was the
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 10
Law_&_Order:_Special_Victims_Unit_season_10
SI unit of energy
Weights and Measures the joule is defined as "the work done when the point of application of 1 MKS unit of force [newton] moves a distance of 1 metre in
Joule
SI derived unit of electrical resistance
of Science proposed a unit derived from existing units of mass, length and time, and of a convenient scale for practical work as early as 1861. Following
Ohm
Israeli undercover counter-terrorism unit
son. For its work during this period, Unit 217 received the Israeli Chief of Staff citation. Roni Numa was a commander of the Duvdevan Unit before being
Duvdevan_Unit
manual labor to this day. The Bedaux unit is a universal measure for manual work and is used both to compare the work done by individuals for measuring and
Bedaux_Unit
Central computer component that executes instructions
A central processing unit (CPU), also known as a central processor, main processor, or simply processor, is the primary processor in a given computer.
Central_processing_unit
State prison in West Livingston, Texas formerly known as the Terrell Unit
Allan B. Polunsky Unit (TL, formerly the Terrell Unit) is a prison in West Livingston, unincorporated Polk County, Texas, United States, located approximately
Allan_B._Polunsky_Unit
Mean distance between Earth and the Sun
The astronomical unit (symbol: au or AU) is a unit of length defined as 149597870700 m. Historically, the astronomical unit was conceived as the average
Astronomical_unit
American coworkspace company
Business Insider. Zhu, Julie; Barreto, Elzio (July 26, 2017). "WeWork launches China unit with $500 million funding from Hony, SoftBank". Reuters. Archived
WeWork
SI unit of amount of substance
The mole (symbol mol) is a unit of measurement, the base unit in the International System of Units (SI) for amount of substance. One mole is an aggregate
Mole_(unit)
Unit of energy
specific definition of Btu; see below). While units of heat are often supplanted by energy units in scientific work, they are still used in some fields. For
British_thermal_unit
Type that allows only one value
unit type; the above example becomes compilable as: class UnitType {}; constexpr UnitType UNIT; UnitType f(UnitType) noexcept { return UNIT; } UnitType
Unit_type
SI derived unit of absorbed dose of ionizing radiation
The gray (symbol: Gy) is the unit of ionizing radiation dose in the International System of Units (SI), defined as the absorption of one joule of radiation
Gray_(unit)
American hip hop group
G-Unit (short for Guerilla-Unit) was an American hip hop group formed by longtime friends and East Coast rappers 50 Cent, Tony Yayo, and Lloyd Banks,
G-Unit
Government agency of the Australian Capital Territory
Employment Unit New Employment Opportunities (NEO) Program, including Transitional Release Community Service Work Unit Corrections Programs Unit Offender
ACT_Corrective_Services
American television series (1999–present)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (often shortened to Law & Order: SVU or SVU) is an American police procedural crime drama television series created by
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law_&_Order:_Special_Victims_Unit
Measurement unit derived from basic metric value
SI derived units are units of measurement derived from the seven SI base units specified by the International System of Units (SI). They can be expressed
SI_derived_unit
Unit of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU), formerly known as the Behavioral Science Unit, is a department of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) National
Behavioral_Analysis_Unit
Unit of measure for digital data
Due to the need to work with data sizes that range from small to large, units of information cover a wide range of data sizes. Units are defined as multiples
Units_of_information
Israeli Air Force Special Unit
Unit 5700 also known as Forward Air Field Tactical Unit (Hebrew acronym YAHAK) is a special unit of the Israeli Air Force concerned with establishing and
Unit_5700
Administration and control of evidence to ensure traceability
evidence have specific work units responsible for the safekeeping and preservation of evidence. The evidence storage work unit, typically called a property
Evidence_management
Small United States Marine Corps task force
A Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU, pronounced as one syllable "M'you" IPA: /mjuː/) is the smallest form of Marine Air–Ground Task Force (MAGTF) in the United
Marine_Expeditionary_Unit
Units that are not part of a coherent system
of the listed units are approximate or vaguely defined. Some are odd multiples or fractions of a base unit. The ligne is a French unit of length that
List of non-coherent units of measurement
List_of_non-coherent_units_of_measurement
Concept in pedagogy
curriculum into deliverable units of work, each of a far shorter weeks' duration (e.g. two or three weeks). Each unit of work is then analysed into teachable
Scheme_of_work
SI derived unit of magnetic flux
ər/ VAY-, WEH-bər; symbol: Wb) is the unit of magnetic flux in the International System of Units (SI). The unit is derived (through Faraday's law of induction)
Weber_(unit)
Historical unit of land measurement
The hide (or mansa) is an archaic English unit of land measurement originally intended to represent the amount of land sufficient to support a household
Hide_(unit)
2013 single by Britney Spears
"Work Bitch" (edited for radio as "Work Work") is a song by American singer Britney Spears released as the lead single for her eighth studio album, Britney
Work_Bitch
Season of American television series
The twenty-sixth season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, an American police crime drama television series created by Dick Wolf, was ordered on March
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 26
Law_&_Order:_Special_Victims_Unit_season_26
Season of American television series (2001–2002)
The third season of the television series, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit premiered Friday, September 28, 2001 and ended Friday, May 17, 2002 on NBC
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 3
Law_&_Order:_Special_Victims_Unit_season_3
CGS unit of energy and mechanical work
meaning 'work' or 'task'. An erg is the amount of work done by a force of one dyne exerted for a distance of one centimetre. In the CGS base units, it is
Erg
Variant of the metric system
centimetre–gram–second system of units (CGS or cgs) is a variant of the metric system based on the centimetre as the unit of length, the gram as the unit of mass, and the
Centimetre–gram–second system of units
Centimetre–gram–second_system_of_units
Labor that does not receive any direct remuneration
domestic product, and paid work that the GDP does count. Production boundary includes goods or services that are supplied to units other producers, including
Unpaid_work
Season of American television series
The sixth season of the television series, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit premiered September 21, 2004 and ended May 24, 2005 on NBC. It aired on Tuesday
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 6
Law_&_Order:_Special_Victims_Unit_season_6
American employment verification database
Selects The Work Number To Streamline HR Operations Through Automation". Business Wire. 13 July 2000. Retrieved 12 November 2008. "Equifax's TALX Unit Adds Major
The_Work_Number
Tactical unit of the Roman Republic
Maniple (Latin: manipulus; lit. 'a handful [of soldiers]') was a tactical unit of the Roman Republican armies, adopted during the Samnite Wars (343–290
Maniple_(military_unit)
U.S. Army investigations of psychic phenomena
Stargate Project was a secret United States Army unit established in 1977 at Fort Meade, Maryland, by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and Stanford
Stargate Project (U.S. Army unit)
Stargate_Project_(U.S._Army_unit)
Hospital department
nurse have roles in the unit. A number of staff nurses work alongside the senior staff to provide care to patients in the unit. Although AMU has its own
Acute_medical_unit
Quantity standard
A unit of measurement, or unit of measure, is a definite magnitude of a quantity, defined and adopted by convention or by law, that is used as a standard
Unit_of_measurement
German electronic music band
[page needed] Later in 1973, Wolfgang Flür joined the group for rehearsals, and the unit performed as a trio on the television show Aspekte for German television
Kraftwerk
Work done underwater during diving operations
Underwater work is work done underwater, generally by divers during diving operations, but includes work done underwater by remotely operated underwater
Underwater_work
This is a list of active police tactical units. Police tactical units are specialized units of a police force tasked with resolving high risk / critical
List_of_police_tactical_units
Parameter in microbiology
In microbiology, a colony-forming unit (CFU, cfu or Cfu) is a unit which estimates the number of microbial cells (bacteria, fungi, viruses etc.) in a sample
Colony-forming_unit
Ancient Egyptian weight unit
The deben was an ancient Egyptian weight unit. The earliest evidence for deben is from the Early Dynastic Period. It was found at the site of Buto in Nile
Deben_(unit)
Deliverable-orientated breakdown of a project into smaller components
schedule. At the juncture of the WBS element and organization unit, control accounts and work packages are established, and performance is planned, measured
Work_breakdown_structure
Branch of the Polish Army in World War II
Unit of the Polish Army or Separated Unit of the Polish Army (Polish: Oddział Wydzielony Wojska Polskiego) was one of the first Polish partisan units
Detached Unit of the Polish Army
Detached_Unit_of_the_Polish_Army
United States military award
The Presidential Unit Citation (PUC), originally called the Distinguished Unit Citation, is awarded to units of the uniformed services of the United States
Presidential Unit Citation (United States)
Presidential_Unit_Citation_(United_States)
English Metropolitan Police Service's Child Abuse Investigation Command
The Paedophile Unit is a branch of the Metropolitan Police Service's Child Abuse Investigation Command, based at Scotland Yard in London, England. It operates
Paedophile_Unit
Season of American television series
Victims Unit debuted on Wednesday, September 23, 2015 on NBC, and concluded on Wednesday, May 25, 2016. NBC renewed Law & Order: Special Victims Unit for
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 17
Law_&_Order:_Special_Victims_Unit_season_17
Component of a computer's CPU
In computer architecture, the control unit (CU) is a component of a computer's central processing unit (CPU) that directs the operation of the processor
Control_unit
Hospital ward that provides intensive care medicine
An intensive care unit (ICU), also known as an intensive therapy unit or intensive treatment unit (ITU) or critical care unit (CCU), is a special department
Intensive_care_unit
Work done by a force to move a particle along a virtual displacement
the principle of complementary virtual work. A specialization of the principle of virtual forces is the unit dummy force method, which is very useful
Virtual_work
Unit of length
is a surveyor's tool and a unit of length with various historical definitions. In British imperial and US customary units, it is defined as 16+1⁄2 feet
Rod_(unit)
Energy expended to inhale and exhale a breathing gas
Work of breathing (WOB) is the energy expended to inhale and exhale a breathing gas. It is usually expressed as work per unit volume, for example, joules/litre
Work_of_breathing
Standard unit of mass for atomic-scale entities
The dalton (symbol: Da), or unified atomic mass unit (symbol: u), is a unit of mass defined as 1/12 of the mass of an unbound neutral atom of carbon-12
Dalton_(unit)
Nuclear power plant in Ukraine
generation capacity of 2,850 megawatts (MW). In 2013, following major upgrade work, unit 1 was given a 10-year license extension, which will take it beyond its
South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant
South_Ukraine_Nuclear_Power_Plant
Scientology term for physical universe
have been many work units explicitly run as MEST work units or with a large component being MEST work — and assignment to such units has routinely been
MEST_(Scientology)
Unit of pressure defined as 101325 Pa
The standard atmosphere (symbol: atm) is a unit of pressure defined as 101325 Pa. It is sometimes used as a reference pressure or standard pressure. It
Standard_atmosphere_(unit)
Factors influencing work-related behavior
– By combining tasks into larger units of work and responsibility, task identity may be improved. Natural Work Units – A form of task combination that
Work_motivation
Measurement of radiation exposure
The roentgen or röntgen (/ˈrɛntɡən, -dʒən, ˈrʌnt-/; symbol R) is a legacy unit of measurement for the exposure of X-rays and gamma rays, and is defined
Roentgen_(unit)
Season of television series
The fourth and final season of The Unit started on September 28, 2008, and concluded on May 10, 2009. The season included 22 episodes and introduced Bridget
The_Unit_season_4
Experimental cultural theorist collective
The Cybernetic Culture Research Unit (CCRU, sometimes typeset Ccru) was an experimental cultural theorist collective formed in late 1995 at Warwick University
Cybernetic Culture Research Unit
Cybernetic_Culture_Research_Unit
Self-propelled train
A multiple-unit train (or multiple unit (MU)) is a self-propelled train composed of one or more carriages joined, and where one or more of the carriages
Multiple_unit
University in Shanghai, China
Committee of the State Council as the Engineering master's degree pilot work unit. [citation needed] In 2013, SSPU was listed in the institutions to administer
Shanghai Polytechnic University
Shanghai_Polytechnic_University
Season of American television series
The eleventh season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit premiered on September 23, 2009 and concluded on May 19, 2010. It was moved from Tuesdays to Wednesdays
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 11
Law_&_Order:_Special_Victims_Unit_season_11
Combinational digital circuit
In computing, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU) is a combinational digital circuit that performs arithmetic and bitwise operations on integer binary numbers
Arithmetic_logic_unit
Process for estimating the time to perform a task
complete a work task assigned to a specific job. It means the time taken to complete one unit of work or operation it also that the work should completely
Work_measurement
WORK UNIT
WORK UNIT
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Celtic, Christian, English, French, German
Yew Tree Estate; From the Farm of Yew Trees; From York
Girl/Female
Norse Latin
Work.
Surname or Lastname
German and Danish
German and Danish : variant of Wurm.English : nickname from Middle English wurm ‘serpent’, ‘dragon’ (Old English wyrm).
Surname or Lastname
Irish (west Cork)
Irish (west Cork) : because of the earlier Anglicized form Houlton, MacLysaght suggests this may be a variant form of Houlihan.English : possibly a variant spelling of Welton.
Surname or Lastname
English (York)
English (York) : perhaps a variant of Beaver.Dutch : unexplained. Perhaps a variant of Bauer.
Boy/Male
English Celtic Shakespearean
From the bear estate.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
King Henry IV, Part 1' Earl of March. Scroop.
Surname or Lastname
Irish (co. Cork)
Irish (co. Cork) : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Oitir ‘son of Oitir’, a personal name borrowed from Old Norse Óttarr, composed of the elements ótti ‘fear’, ‘dread’ + herr ‘army’.English : status name from Middle English cotter, a technical term in the feudal system for a serf or bond tenant who held a cottage by service rather than rent, from Old English cot ‘cottage’, ‘hut’ (see Coates) + -er agent suffix.Probably an Americanized spelling of German Kotter.
Girl/Female
Arabic
Work
Surname or Lastname
Scottish
Scottish : habitational name from the lands of Work in the parish of St. Ola, Orkney.English : from Old English (ge)weorc ‘work’, ‘fortification’, hence probably a topographic name or an occupational name for someone who worked on fortifications or at a fort.Danish : habitational name from a place so called.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a supplier of red or purple dye or for a dyer of cloth, Middle English cork (of Celtic origin; compare Corkery).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from the city of York in northern England, or perhaps in some cases a regional name from the county of Yorkshire. The surname is now widespread throughout England. Originally, the city bore the British name Eburacum, which probably meant ‘yew-tree place’. This was altered by folk etymology into Old English EoforwÄ«c (from the elements eofor ‘wild boar’ + wÄ«c ‘outlying settlement’). This name was taken over by Scandinavian settlers in the area, who altered it back to opacity in the form IorvÃk and eventually Iork, in which form it finally settled by the 13th century. The surname has also been adopted by Jews as an Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames.
Female
Czechoslovakian
, work.
Girl/Female
Shakespearean
King Richard III' Duchess OF York, mother to King Edward IV.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Work.
Surname or Lastname
German (Wörl)
German (Wörl) : variant of Wehrle.English : perhaps a habitational name for someone from Worle in Somerset, which is most probably named with Old English wÅr ‘wood grouse’ + lÄ“ah ‘wood’, ‘(woodland) clearing’.
Boy/Male
British, English, Indian, Russian
Work
Boy/Male
French, German, Norse
Killed by Gunnar
Female
Croatian
, work.
Surname or Lastname
Irish (County Cork)
Irish (County Cork) : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Murthuile, ‘descendant of Murthuile’, a personal name from murthuile ‘sea tide’ (muir ‘sea’ + tuile ‘tide’, ‘flood’).Irish (Donegal and Mayo) : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Murghaile ‘descendant of Murghal’, a personal name from muir ‘sea’ + gal ‘valor’.English : possibly of Irish origin, but it occurs chiefly in southwestern counties, suggesting that it may be a variant of the habitational name Morley, from Moreleigh in Devon.
WORK UNIT
WORK UNIT
Boy/Male
American, Australian, French, German
Renowned Warrior; Famous Fighter
Boy/Male
Indian
Girl/Female
Indian
Light; Bright
Boy/Male
Scottish Gaelic
Crooked nose.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Bengali, Celebrity, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Muslim, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
Desire
Boy/Male
British, English
Son of Henry
Boy/Male
African, Arabic
Light; Good
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
A Place Where Cows are Kept
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Telugu
Star of Family
Boy/Male
Tamil
WORK UNIT
WORK UNIT
WORK UNIT
WORK UNIT
WORK UNIT
n.
Manner of working; management; treatment; as, unskillful work spoiled the effect.
n.
To make one's way slowly and with difficulty; to move or penetrate laboriously; to proceed with effort; -- with a following preposition, as down, out, into, up, through, and the like; as, scheme works out by degrees; to work into the earth.
n.
Anything spiral, vermiculated, or resembling a worm
n.
Work; a building.
n.
The moving parts of a mechanism; as, the works of a watch.
v. t.
To form with a needle and thread or yarn; especially, to embroider; as, to work muslin.
n.
Anything furcate or like a fork in shape, or furcate at the extremity; as, a tuning fork.
v. i.
To work slowly, gradually, and secretly.
n.
The matter on which one is at work; that upon which one spends labor; material for working upon; subject of exertion; the thing occupying one; business; duty; as, to take up one's work; to drop one's work.
n.
The causing of motion against a resisting force. The amount of work is proportioned to, and is measured by, the product of the force into the amount of motion along the direction of the force. See Conservation of energy, under Conservation, Unit of work, under Unit, also Foot pound, Horse power, Poundal, and Erg.
adv.
At work; in action.
n.
Specifically: (a) That which is produced by mental labor; a composition; a book; as, a work, or the works, of Addison. (b) Flowers, figures, or the like, wrought with the needle; embroidery.
n.
Structures in civil, military, or naval engineering, as docks, bridges, embankments, trenches, fortifications, and the like; also, the structures and grounds of a manufacturing establishment; as, iron works; locomotive works; gas works.
v. t.
To furnish or fit with cork; to raise on cork.
v. t.
To produce or form by labor; to bring forth by exertion or toil; to accomplish; to originate; to effect; as, to work wood or iron into a form desired, or into a utensil; to work cotton or wool into cloth.
n.
Hence, in a general sense, to operate; to act; to perform; as, a machine works well.
v. t.
To set in motion or action; to direct the action of; to keep at work; to govern; to manage; as, to work a machine.