Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
b.th.u. is a noun meaning "a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure; equivalent to 251.997 calories". It carries one recorded sense.
a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure; equivalent to 251.997 calories
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for b.th.u. come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.