WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
sec′ond u′nit, [Motion Pictures.]
- Cinema, Show Businessan additional crew on a film production, usually used at a second location for filming crowd scenes, exteriors, and other shots that do not require the principal actors.
'second unit' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
abampere
- abcoulomb
- abfarad
- abhenry
- abmho
- abohm
- abvolt
- abwatt
- bar
- centibar
- centipoise
- centistoke
- decibar
- dyne
- erg
- foot-pound
- foot-poundal
- foot-ton
- gal
- gauss
- gilbert
- horsepower
- horsepower-hour
- kilogram-force
- kilogram-meter
- lambert
- maxwell
- microbar
- millibar
- oersted
- poise
- pound-force
- poundal
- rhe