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unit
1[ yoo-nit ]
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.
Unit.
2abbreviation for
- Unitarian.
Unit.
1abbreviation for
- Unitarian
unit
2/ ˈːɪ /
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 function
a filter unit
- a complete system, apparatus, or establishment that performs a specific function
a production unit
- a subdivision of a larger military formation
- Also calledunit 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
- 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 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
- Also calledunit set maths logic a set having a single member
- short for home unit
- short for stock unit
- a self-propelled railcar
Other Word Forms
- t·n adjective
- ܱt·n adjective
- ܲun noun
- p·n noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of unit1
Word History and Origins
Origin of unit1
Example Sentences
That mantra drove him to block so many kicks as a member of UCLA’s scout team that Ikaika Malloe, then the Bruins’ special teams coordinator, promoted him to all four special teams units.
On the day of the funeral, they will be joined by thousands of security personnel from various branches of the police and armed forces, as well as river patrol units, bomb-sniffing dogs and rooftop snipers.
He was then shot at close range by a Thames Valley Police officer from the armed response unit.
The price cap is based on the cost of each unit of energy, not the total bill - so if you use more, you pay more.
It does that by agreeing a fixed price - or strike price - that they will be paid for each unit of electricity generated for 15 years into the future.
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