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Meaning of 'unit' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Unit [ n.]
- A single thing or person.
- The least whole number; one.
- A gold coin of the reign of James I., of the value of twenty shillings.
- 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.
- A single thing, as a magnitude or number, regarded as an undivided whole.

Meaning of 'unit' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . unit [ n]
Meaning (1):
- any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
Example in sentence:
  • a unit of wheat is a bushel;
  • change per unit volume;
  • the dollar is the United States unit of currency
Meaning (2):
- an organization regarded as part of a larger social group
Example in sentence:
  • after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit;
  • the coach said the offensive unit did a good job
Meaning (3):
- a single undivided whole
Example in sentence:
  • an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another
Meaning (4):
- an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity
Example in sentence:
  • how big is that part compared to the whole?;
  • the team is a unit
Meaning (5):
- an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole
Example in sentence:
  • the reduced the number of units and installations;
  • the word is a basic linguistic unit
Meaning (6):
- a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
Example in sentence:
  • units of nucleic acids

Nearby Words:

uni- uniat uniate uniaxal uniaxial uniaxially unibranchiate unicameral unicapsular unicarinated

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