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1. (n.) unit
a single entity; one person or thing.
2. unit
any group of things or persons regarded as an entity:
They formed a cohesive unit.
3. unit
one of the individuals, parts, or elements into which a whole may be divided or analyzed.
4. unit
one of a number of things, organizations, etc., identical or equivalent in function or form:
a rental unit.
5. unit
any specified amount of a quantity, as of length, volume, or time, by comparison with which any other quantity of the same kind is measured.
6. unit
the least positive integer; one.
7. unit
(in a mixed or whole number) the position of the first digit to the left of the decimal point.
8. unit
a machine, part, or system of machines having a specified purpose; apparatus:
a heating unit.
9. unit
a quantity of educational instruction, usu. determined by the number of hours of classroom or laboratory work.
10. unit
Mil. a subdivision of an organized body of soldiers.
Etymology: (1570; coined by John Dee as a trans. of Gk mónas)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) unit of measurement, unit
any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
"the dollar is the United States unit of currency"; "a unit of wheat is a bushel"; "change per unit volume"
2. (noun) unit
an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole
"the reduced the number of units and installations"; "the word is a basic linguistic unit"
3. (noun) unit, social unit
an organization regarded as part of a larger social group
"the coach said the offensive unit did a good job"; "after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit"
4. (noun) unit
a single undivided whole
"an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another"
5. (noun) unit, building block
a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
"units of nucleic acids"
6. (noun) whole, unit
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity
"how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"
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1. (noun) unit
a single thing in a group of things that make a whole
Unit 1 deals with multiplication and division.
2. unit
a section of an organization
a special unit of the hospital that deals with long-term patients
3. unit
an amount used to measure sth
a unit of weight; a patient needing several units of blood
4. unit
a machine
Each computer unit is then carefully packed.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) UNIT
a single thing or person
2. (noun) UNIT
the least whole number; one
3. (noun) UNIT
a gold coin of the reign of James I., of the value of twenty shillings
4. (noun) UNIT
any determinate amount or quantity (as of length, time, heat, value) adopted as a standard of measurement for other amounts or quantities of the same kind
5. (noun) UNIT
a single thing, as a magnitude or number, regarded as an undivided whole
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The Standard Electrical Dictionary |
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1. UNIT
A directly or indirectly conventional and arbitrary quantity, in terms of which measurements of things with dimensions expressible in the chosen units are executed.
Thus for length the c. g. s. unit is the centimeter; the B. E. unit is the foot.
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Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. UNIT
1. Any military element whose structure is prescribed by competent authority, such as a table of organization and equipment; specifically, part of an organization. 2. An organization title of a subdivision of a group in a task force. 3. A standard or basic quantity into which an item of supply is divided, issued, or used. In this meaning, also called unit of issue. 4. With regard to Reserve Components of the Armed Forces, denotes a Selected Reserve unit organized, equipped, and trained for mobilization to serve on active duty as a unit or to augment or be augmented by another unit. Headquarters and support functions without wartime missions are not considered units.
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Sense: a single thing, individual etc within a group
The building is divided into twelve different apartments or living units.
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 Afrikaans: eenheid |
 Arabic: وَحْدَه سكنيَّه |
 Bulgarian: част |
 Brazilian: unidade |
 Czech: jednotka |
 German: die Einheit |
 Danish: enhed |
 Greek: μονάδα (τεμάχιο ενός συνό |
 Spanish: unidad |
 Estonian: üksus |
 Farsi: واحد |
 Finnish: yksikkö |
 French: unité |
 Hebrew: יְחִידָה |
 Hindi: इकाई, टुकडी़ |
 Croatian: jedinica |
 Hungarian: egység |
 Indonesian: unit |
 Icelandic: eining |
 Italian: unità |
 Japanese: 構成単位 |
 Korean: 1개, 한 사람, (독립된) 집단 |
 Lithuanian: vienetas, padala |
 Latvian: vienība; elements; indivī |
 Malay: unit |
 Dutch: eenheid |
 Norwegian: enhet, element, avdeling |
 Polish: segment |
 Portuguese: unidade |
 Romanian: element |
 Russian: часть; блок; секция |
 Slovak: jednotka |
 Slovenian: enota |
 Serbian: jedinica |
 Swedish: enhet |
 Thai: หนึ่งหน่วย |
 Turkish: birim,ünite |
 Taiwanese: 單元 |
 Ukrainian: секція; елемент |
 Urdu: اکائي |
 Vietnamese: đơn vị |
 Chinese: 单元 |
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