English Dictionary
Definition of “unit”
unit (ˈjuːnɪt
)
Definitions
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
- unit of measurementA 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
- mathematics
- (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
- unit setmathematics logic a set having a single member
- short for home unit
- short for stock unit
- New Zealand a self-propelled railcar
Word Origin
C16: back formation from unity, perhaps on the model of digit
Synonyms
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section,
company,
group,
force,
detail,
division,
cell,
squad,
crew,
outfit,
faction,
corps,
brigade,
regiment,
battalion,
legion,
contingent,
squadron,
garrison,
detachment,
platoon,
Unit.
Definitions
abbreviation for
- Unitarian
Translations
- British English:
unit
If you consider something as a unit, you consider it as a single complete thing....the basic family unit.ˈjuːnɪt NOUN ...the basic family unit.
- Spanish:
unidad
nf
- French:
unité
nf
- German:
Einheit
nf
- Chinese: 个体 n
- Arabic: وَحْدَة n
- Portuguese: unidade nf
- Russian: единица nf
- Croatian: jedinica nf
- Czech: jednotka nf
- Danish: enhed nutr
- Dutch: eenheid nf
- Finnish: yksikkö n
- Greek: μονάδα nf
- Italian: unità nf
- Japanese: 単一体 n
- Korean: 단위 n
- Norwegian: enhet nm
- Polish: jednostka nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: unidade nf
- European Spanish:
unidad
nf
- Swedish: enhet nutr
- Thai: หน่วย n
- Turkish: ünite n
- Vietnamese: đơn vị n
Usage examples
The unit was pretty much the way Stone had envisioned it.
Terman, Douglas, Cormorant (1994)Excess 800,000 Pounds Sterling West Sussex £1,300,000 (14 August 2003) Superb equestrian unit approx 36 acres.
Country Life (2004)The offer also includes one unit of zero coupon loan notes for every Aminex share, the value of which is uncertain.
Irish Times (2002)Against this setting, the European unit trust sector has declined by an average of 11.74 %.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Phrases were completely organic, with music, text and emotion presented as a single unit.
Susie Gilbert and Jay Shir, A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since 1945 (2003)
