unit

[ yoo-nit ]

/ ˈyu nɪt /

noun

a single thing or person.

any group of things or persons regarded as an entity: They formed a cohesive unit.

one of the individuals or groups that together constitute a whole; one of the parts or elements into which a whole may be divided or analyzed.

one of a number of things, organizations, etc., identical or equivalent in function or form: a rental unit; a unit of rolling stock.

any magnitude regarded as an independent whole; a single, indivisible entity.

Also called dimension. any specified amount of a quantity, as of length, volume, force, momentum, or time, by comparison with which any other quantity of the same kind is measured or estimated.

the least positive integer; one.

Also called unit's place.

(in a mixed number) the position of the first digit to the left of the decimal point.
(in a whole number) the position of the first digit from the right of the decimal point.

a machine, part, or system of machines having a specified purpose; apparatus: a heating unit.

Education. a division of instruction centering on a single theme.

Military. an organized body of soldiers, varying in size and constituting a subdivision of a larger body.

Medicine/Medical.

the measured amount of a substance necessary to cause a certain effect; a clinical quantity used when a substance cannot be readily isolated in pure form and its activity determined directly.
the amount necessary to cause a specific effect upon a specific animal or upon animal tissues.

Mathematics.

an identity element.
an element in a group, ring, etc., that possesses an inverse.

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Origin of unit

1570; coined by John Dee as a translation of Greek mónas (previously rendered as unity); perhaps influenced by digit

OTHER WORDS FROM unit

in·ter·u·nit, adjectivemul·ti·u·nit, adjectivesubunit, nounsu·per·u·nit, noun

Words nearby unit

unisexual, unisize, unison, unisonous, unispiral, unit, UNITA, unitage, unitard, unitarian, Unitarianism

Definition for unit (2 of 2)

Unit.

Unitarian.

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Gunnar shared her idea with members of the adoption unit at the Minnesota Department of Human Services.
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LG says you can "wear the unit comfortably for hours on end" but that the 820mAh battery is only good for "eight hours of operation in low mode and two hours on high."
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On Tuesday, the San Francisco Bay Area company announced a new subsidiary named Coefficient Insurance that will also be backed by Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, the commercial insurance unit of Swiss Re Group.
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“For every dollar that we don’t collect from rent, that’s one fewer dollar we have to run that unit,” Neely said in an interview.
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While it may look like the water would stay contained to your unit, water moves in mysterious ways.
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The unit is used to attack foreign networks, and either it or a sister organization was involved in the Sony hack.
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“We were part of the unit protecting gas and oil depots outside of Kirkuk,” Rashid says.
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Her unit first deployed in late June—“A very hot summer,” she remembers.
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Keep the location work to second unit so I wouldn't have to be away from Alma?
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At the same time, the Marines and spouses in the unit shared day-to-day information on a group Facebook page.
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In the morning we passed through a French unit at Omicourt and started our attack.
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He held it a moment, thinking, and then looked up at his two unit mates.
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The dollar was made the unit of account and payment, and subdivisions were made in a decimal ratio.
Albert Gallatin|John Austin Stevens
The muskrat skin was also used as the unit in the later days of the trade.
The Character and Influence of the Indian Trade in Wisconsin|Frederick Jackson Turner
They expressed by the number one, or unit, the first cause, and they concluded to the unity of God from mathematical abstractions.
Pagan Origin of Partialist Doctrines|John Claudius Pitrat

British Dictionary definitions for unit (1 of 2)

unit

/ (ˈjuːnɪt) /

noun

a single undivided entity or whole

any group or individual, esp when regarded as a basic element of a larger whole

a mechanical part or integrated assembly of parts that performs a subsidiary functiona filter unit

a complete system, apparatus, or establishment that performs a specific functiona production unit

a subdivision of a larger military formation

Also called: unit of measurement A standard amount of a physical quantity, such as length, mass, energy, etc, specified multiples of which are used to express magnitudes of that physical quantitythe second is a unit of time

the amount of a drug, vaccine, etc, needed to produce a particular effect

a standard measure used in calculating alcohol intake and its effect

maths

(usually plural) the first position in a place-value counting system, representing a single-digit numberin the decimal system the number 27 has 7 units and 2 tens
(modifier) having a value defined as one for the systemunit vector

Also called: unit set maths logic a set having a single member

short for home unit

short for stock unit

NZ a self-propelled railcar

Word Origin for unit

C16: back formation from unity, perhaps on the model of digit

British Dictionary definitions for unit (2 of 2)

Unit.

abbreviation for

Unitarian

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unit

[ yōō′nĭt ]

n.

An entity regarded as an elementary structural or functional constituent of a whole.

A precisely specified quantity in terms of which the magnitudes of other quantities of the same kind can be stated.

The quantity of a serum, drug, or other agent necessary to produce a specific effect.

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