Unit

['juːnɪt] or ['junɪt]

Definition

(noun.) a single undivided whole; 'an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another'.

(noun.) an organization regarded as part of a larger social group; 'the coach said the offensive unit did a good job'; 'after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit'.

(noun.) a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else; 'units of nucleic acids'.

(noun.) an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole; 'the reduced the number of units and installations'; 'the word is a basic linguistic unit'.

Editor: Sharon--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A single thing or person.

(n.) The least whole number; one.

(n.) A gold coin of the reign of James I., of the value of twenty shillings.

(n.) 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.

(n.) A single thing, as a magnitude or number, regarded as an undivided whole.

Edited by Blair

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. One.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Ace, item, part, individual

ANT:Total, aggregate, collection, sum, mass

Checked by Leda

Definition

n. one: a single thing or person: the least whole number: anything taken as one: any known determinate quantity by constant application of which any other quantity is measured.—adj. U′nital.—n. Unitā′rian one who asserts the unity of the Godhead as opposed to the Trinity and ascribes divinity to God the Father only.—adj. pertaining to Unitarians or their doctrine.—n. Unitā′rianism the doctrines or principles of a Unitarian.—adj. U′nitary pertaining to unity or to a unit: (biol.) monistic as opposed to dualistic: whole integral.—n. U′nitāte the remainder after dividing a number by any digit.—v.t. to obtain the unitate of.—n. Unitā′tion.

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Examples

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