Definitions for unit
ˈyu nɪtunit

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.1 / 19 votes

1. unit of measurement, unitnoun

   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. unitnoun

   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. unit, social unitnoun

   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. unitnoun

   a single undivided whole

   "an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another"

5. unit, building blocknoun

   a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else

   "units of nucleic acids"

6. whole, unitnoun

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 3 votes

1. unitnoun

   A standard measure of a quantity.

   The centimetre is a unit of length.

2. unitnoun

   The number one.

3. unitnoun

   An organized group comprising people and/or equipment.

   He was a member of a special police unit.

4. unitnoun

   A self-contained military organization; usually a battalion, regiment or naval ship.

5. unitnoun

   A member of a military organization.

   The fifth tank brigade moved in with 20 units. (i.e., 20 tanks)

6. unitnoun

   Any military element whose structure is prescribed by competent authority, such as a table of organization and equipment; specifically, part of an organization.

7. unitnoun

   An organization title of a subdivision of a group in a task force.

8. unitnoun

   A standard or basic quantity into which an item of supply is divided, issued or used. In this meaning, also called unit of issue.

9. unitnoun

   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.

10. unitnoun

    An element of a ring having a multiplicative inverse. (Formerly just the identity element 1 of a ring.)

11. unitnoun

    A volume of rock or ice of identifiable origin and age range that is defined by the distinctive and dominant, easily mapped and recognizable petrographic, lithologic or paleontologic features (facies) that characterize it.

12. unitnoun

    An item which may be sold singly.

    We shipped nearly twice as many units this month as last month.

13. unitnoun

    One kilowatt-hour (as recorded on an electricity meter).

14. unitnoun

    a measure of housing equivalent to the living quarters of one household, an apartment where a group of apartments is contained in one or more multi-storied buildings or a group of dwellings is in one or more single storey buildings, usually arranged around a driveway.

15. unitadjective

    For each unit.

    We have to keep our unit costs down if we want to make a profit.

16. unitadjective

    Having a size or magnitude of one.

    All solutions lie within the unit disc centered at the origin.

17. Etymology: Formerly unite, a later form of unity; see unity.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Unitnoun

   One; the least number; or the root of numbers.

   Etymology: unus, unitus, Lat

   If any atom should be moved mechanically, without attraction, ’tis above a hundred million millions odds to an unit, that it would not strike upon any other atom, but glide through an empty interval without contact. Richard Bentley, Sermons.

   Units are the integral parts of any large number. Isaac Watts.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. UNIT

   UNIT is a fictional military organisation from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and its spin-off series Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures. Operating under the auspices of the United Nations and initially led by Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, its purpose is to investigate and combat paranormal and extraterrestrial threats to Earth. Several UNIT personnel (such as the Brigadier, Sergeant Benton and Mike Yates) played a major role in the original Doctor Who series, and it was a regular feature from The Invasion (1968) until The Seeds of Doom (1976). Originally referred to as the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce, executive producer Russell T Davies said in 2005 that the UN was no longer happy to be associated with the fictional organisation and the UN's full name could now no longer be used. However, the "UNIT" and "UN" abbreviations could be used as long as it was not explained what the letters stood for. In 2008, he announced that the organisation's name had been changed to the Unified Intelligence Taskforce. This new name was first mentioned on-screen in "The Sontaran Stratagem", also in 2008, in which it was indicated in a line of dialogue that the United Nations still supports UNIT with funding.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unit

   A unit is a standard or definite quantity, amount, or degree used as a basis of measurement or comparison. It may refer to fundamental units in physics and mathematics (like meters, kilograms), to units of currency, to units in computing, or to a single thing or person in any kind of group or set. Term is highly context-dependent.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. Unitnoun

   a single thing or person

2. Unitnoun

   the least whole number; one

3. Unitnoun

   a gold coin of the reign of James I., of the value of twenty shillings

4. Unitnoun

   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. Unitnoun

   a single thing, as a magnitude or number, regarded as an undivided whole

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Unit

   Unit is the second full-length album by Australian band Regurgitator, released in November 1997. Its style is a mixture of 1980s style synthesised popular music and alternative rock, with some hip-hop influences. It was widely successful, receiving overwhelmingly positive reviews and five of the songs featured broke into the commercial mainstream, mostly due to their popularity with alternative radio stations. On 19 October 1998, the album was re-released as Unit Re-Booted, which included the album's five video clips. In 1998, Unit won 5 ARIA awards, and in 1999, it went triple platinum, eventually selling over 240,000 copies. The vinyl edition of the album was very limited and is now extremely collectable. There is one known copy that exists as a test-pressing.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Unit

   ū′nit, n. one: a single thing or person: the least whole number: anything taken as one: any known determinate quantity by constant application of which any other quantity is measured.—adj. U′nital.—n. Unitā′rian, one who asserts the unity of the Godhead as opposed to the Trinity, and ascribes divinity to God the Father only.—adj. pertaining to Unitarians or their doctrine.—n. Unitā′rianism, the doctrines or principles of a Unitarian.—adj. U′nitary, pertaining to unity or to a unit: (biol.) monistic, as opposed to dualistic: whole, integral.—n. U′nitāte, the remainder after dividing a number by any digit.—v.t. to obtain the unitate of.—n. Unitā′tion. [L. unitum, pa.p. of unīre, to unite—unus, one.]

The Standard Electrical DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

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.

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

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.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unit

   A group of things.

   The language was created from a variety of units of words.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 14, 2020  

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1. UNIT

   What does UNIT stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the UNIT acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Part
   • Whole

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'unit' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #896

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'unit' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1419

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'unit' in Nouns Frequency: #215

Anagrams for unit »

1. uint

How to pronounce unit?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say unit in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of unit in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of unit in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of unit in a Sentence

1. Philippe Varin:

   We need an equitable negotiation with EDF about the valuation of Areva's reactor unit. EDF has made a proposal, this proposal must be reviewed.

2. Roger Kay:

   For example, if a unit is doing well or badly they can dial it up or down, they can form partnerships or different companies.

3. Eric Adams:

   If I am not getting the things I laid out in the blueprint, I still have the obligation to keeping the city safe, that’s why we are putting in place our anti-gun unit, that’s why we’re going to go after the causes and feeds of crime.

4. Marc Siegel:

   There is no reason whatsoever to believe that the messenger-RNA vaccines, which do not contain any part of the virus itself, will cause any harm, they appear to be very well tolerated in all groups. PFIZER CA N'T SELL COVID-19 VACCINES DIRECTLY TO NY Dr. Gili Regev-Yochay, head of Sheba Medical Center’s Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit in Israel, said she is encouraging pregnant women to get vaccinated the country sees more and more ICU admissions.

5. Sheena Carach:

   He’s been pretty set on wanting to be [a police officer in the K9 unit] for a couple of years now. Even back when he was 5 years old he was dressing up in police uniform and he’s just had a respect for law enforcement, we are super proud of him and we can’t wait to see what the future holds for him and see what kind of officer he turns out to be.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=unit
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Unit
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=unit
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unit
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=unit
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=unit
9. ^ The Standard Electrical Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26535/pg26535-images.html#:~:text=unit
10. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
    https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf