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Definitions for Unit

[1] a single thing or person.
[2] any group of things or persons regarded as an entity: They formed a cohesive unit.
[3] 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.
[4] one of a number of things, organizations, etc., identical or equivalent in function or form: a rental unit; a unit of rolling stock.
[5] any magnitude regarded as an independent whole; a single, indivisible entity.
[6] 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.
[7] the least positive integer; one.
[8] 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.
[9] a machine, part, or system of machines having a specified purpose; apparatus: a heating unit.
[10] Education . a division of instruction centering on a single theme.
[11] Military . an organized body of soldiers, varying in size and constituting a subdivision of a larger body.
[12] 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.
[13] Mathematics . an identity element. an element in a group, ring, etc., that possesses an inverse.
[14] Unitarian.
[15] a single undivided entity or whole
[16] any group or individual, esp when regarded as a basic element of a larger whole
[17] a mechanical part or integrated assembly of parts that performs a subsidiary function a filter unit
[18] a complete system, apparatus, or establishment that performs a specific function a production unit
[19] a subdivision of a larger military formation
[20] 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 quantity the second is a unit of time
[21] the amount of a drug, vaccine, etc, needed to produce a particular effect
[22] a standard measure used in calculating alcohol intake and its effect
[23] maths (usually plural) the first position in a place-value counting system, representing a single-digit number in the decimal system the number 27 has 7 units and 2 tens (modifier) having a value defined as one for the system unit vector
[24] Also called: unit set maths logic a set having a single member
[25] short for home unit
[26] short for stock unit
[27] NZ a self-propelled railcar
[28] Unitarian

Words related to Unit

crew, group, system, entity, member, component, arm, assembly, crowd, complement, outfit, one, entirety, detachment, gang, totality, mob, ring, total, section

Words nearby Unit

unisexual, unisize, unison, unisonous, unispiral, unit, unit card, unit cell, unit character, unit circle, unit cost

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 , adjective
mul·ti·u·nit , adjective
sub·u·nit , noun
su·per·u·nit , noun

Word origin for Unit

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

Synonyms for Unit

crew, entity, group, system, assemblage, assembly, bunch, complement, crowd, detachment, entirety, gang, mob, one, outfit, ring, section, total, totality