fundamental unit
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The billable hour as the fundamental unit of business for professional services is so widespread that it’s difficult to remember that it is a fairly recent innovation, becoming prevalent in the 1960s and 1970s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
Mukherjee recounts the beginnings of cell theory among 19th-century European scientists and the growing consensus that the cell is the fundamental unit of life in plants and animals.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 24, 2022
All living things are made of cells; the cell itself is the smallest fundamental unit of structure and function in living organisms.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
It calls attention to the line as a fundamental unit, which in some sense always stands alone — the next line could always be anything.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2022
Together, they realize that the cell is the fundamental unit of life.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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