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British Standards Institution, BSI (s) (noun) (no pl)
A United Kingdom (British) national standards body. The British Standards Institution establishes and upholds standard units measurements, clothes sizes, and technical terminology that are used in Britain.

Although government funded, the institution is independent. The BSI interprets international technical standard for the U.K., and it also sets its own standards.

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British thermal unit, Btu (s) (noun), British thermal units; Btus (pl)
An imperial unit of heat, now replaced in the SI system by the joule: One British thermal unit is approximately 1,055 joules).

Burning one cubic foot of natural gas releases about 1,000 Btu of heat.

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British Thermal Unit; BTU, Btu
The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit; equal to 252 calories.
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