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UNITISATION

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(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The joint development of a petroleum resource that straddles territory controlled by different companies

Synonyms:

unitisation; unitization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("unitisation" is a kind of...):

development; exploitation (the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Conversion of an investment trust into a unit investment trust

Synonyms:

unitisation; unitization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("unitisation" is a kind of...):

conversion (act of exchanging one type of money or security for another)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of packaging cargo into unit loads

Synonyms:

unitisation; unitization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("unitisation" is a kind of...):

packaging (the business of packing)

Derivation:

unitise (make into a unit)

Sense 4

Meaning:

(psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units

Synonyms:

chunking; unitisation; unitization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("unitisation" is a kind of...):

configuration; constellation (an arrangement of parts or elements)

Domain category:

psychological science; psychology (the science of mental life)

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