unit
/ˈjuː.nɪt/
unit noun: oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one. Also the ellipsis of international unit.
Noun
unit (plural units)
- Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
- Number, we define, to be, a certayne Mathematicall Sũme, of Vnits. [Note the worde, Vnit, to expresse the Greke Monas, & not Vnitie: as we haue all, commonly, till now, vsed.]1570, John Dee, in H. Billingsley (trans.) Euclid, Elements of Geometry, Preface
- A standard measure of a quantity or magnitude.
- The centimetre is a unit of length.
- The pound sterling is a unit of currency.
- Synonyms:
- unit of measure, unit of measurement
- A basic, self-contained component or module that performs a specific function inside a computer system.
- The number one.
- An organized group comprising people or equipment.
- He was a member of a special police unit.
- A course, lesson, or section of a curriculum covering a particular topic or skill.
- We're starting a new unit on photosynthesis next week.
- A member of a military organization.
- The fifth tank brigade moved in with 20 units. (i.e., 20 tanks)
- An item which may be sold singly.
- We shipped nearly twice as many units this month as last month.
- Any piece of equipment, such as an appliance, power tool, stereo system, computer, tractor, or machinery.
- This air-conditioner is the most efficient unit we sell.
- A structure used to display goods for sale (usually containing shelves, pegs or hooks)
- A measure of housing equivalent to the living quarters of one household; an apartment where a group of apartments is contained in one or more multi-storied buildings or a group of dwellings is in one or more single storey buildings, usually arranged around a driveway.
- The new apartment complex will have 50 units.
- A quantity of approximately 517 milliliters (1.1 U.S. pints) of blood.
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- Any military element whose structure is prescribed by competent authority, such as a table of organization and equipment; specifically, part of an organization.
- An organization title of a subdivision of a group in a task force.
- A standard or basic quantity into which an item of supply is divided, issued, or detailed.
- Synonyms:
- unit of issue
- With regard to Reserve Components of the Armed Forces, denotes a Selected Reserve unit organized, equipped, and trained for mobilization to serve on active duty as a unit or to augment or be augmented by another unit. Headquarters and support functions without wartime missions are not considered units.
- The identity element, the neutral element.
- An element 𝑒 of 𝑆 such that 𝑒𝑥 = 𝑥 = 𝑥𝑒 for all 𝑥 ∈ 𝑆 is called a unit element. (When the law of composition is written additively, the unit element is denoted by 0, and is called a zero element.)2005, Serge Lang, Algebra, 3rd edition, Springer, →ISBN, page 3
- Synonyms:
- identity element, unity, unit element
- An element having an inverse, an invertible element; an associate of the unity.
- Let 𝐴 be an arbitrary integral domain. We say that an element 𝑎 ∈ 𝐴 is invertible or is a unit of 𝐴 if it has an inverse in 𝐴; in ℤ the units are ±1, […]1990, A. I. Kostrikin, I. R. Shafarevich, editors, Algebra I, Springer, →ISBN, page 22
- In an adjunction, a natural transformation from the identity functor of the domain of the left adjoint functor to the composition of the right adjoint functor with the left adjoint functor.
- A volume of rock or ice of identifiable origin and age range that is defined by the distinctive and dominant, easily mapped and recognizable petrographic, lithologic or paleontologic features (facies) that characterize it.
- For example, the Moenkopi Formation was named for the small settlement of Moenkopi, Arizona where the formation was first defined as being a separate unit from the rocks above and beneath it.2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition
- A unit of alcohol.
- One kilowatt-hour (as recorded on an electricity meter).
- A gold coin of the reign of James I, worth twenty shillings.
- A work unit.
- A physically large person.
- Luca's father, Americo Campanaro, said: "I feel like my heart has been ripped out."
Mr Campanaro added: "He was a big lad, a big unit, that's why he was a goalkeeper, with a big heart to match. A gentle giant."2018 December 11, “Aylesbury goalkeeper, 14, dies after match injury”, in BBC News
- Luca's father, Americo Campanaro, said: "I feel like my heart has been ripped out."
- A penis, especially a large one.
Adjective
unit (not comparable)
- For each unit.
- We have to keep our unit costs down if we want to make a profit.
- Having a size or magnitude of one.
- Consider the following time sequence
Z#95;t#61;A#92;sin(#92;omegat#43;#92;theta),
where A is a random variable with a zero mean and a unit variance and #92;theta is a random variable with a uniform distribution on the interval #91;-#92;pi,#92;pi#93; independent of A.1990, William W. S. Wei, Time Series Analysis, →ISBN, page 9
- Consider the following time sequence
Also used as
unit is also the ellipsis of international unit.
unit meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
unit in Hindi
- standard measure of a quantity
- इकाई ikāī
- number one
- प्रथम pratham
- organized group comprising people and/or equipment
- दल dal, टुकड़ी ṭukṛī
- member of a military organization
- टुकड़ी ṭukṛī
unit in Tamil
- standard measure of a quantity
- அலகு alaku
unit in Marathi
- standard measure of a quantity
- एकक ekak
unit in Urdu
- standard measure of a quantity
- اِکائِی ikāī
More languagesFewer languages
- unit in Bengali
- ইউনিট
- unit in Telugu
- యూనిట్, ఏకకం
- unit in Malayalam
- യൂണിറ്റ്
- unit in Kannada
- ಘಟಕ, ಏಕಮಾನ
- unit in Punjabi
- ਇਕਾਈ, ਯੂਨਿਟ
- unit in Gujarati
- એકમ
- unit in Odia
- ଯ଼ୁନିଟ୍, ଯ଼ୁନିଟ
- unit in Nepali
- एकाइ, एकाई
- unit in Tagalog
- sambilang, yunit
- unit in Arabic
- وَحْدَة waḥda
- unit in Malay
- unit, satuan
- unit in Indonesian
- satuan
- unit in Thai
- หน่วย nùai
- unit in Vietnamese
- đơn vị
Examples of unit in a sentence
- The 11:10 to London was operated by a 4-car diesel multiple unit.
- We must preserve the family unit if we want to save civilisation!
- They finally bought a new sonar to replace the 40-year-old unit that sometimes didn't work right.
Synonyms of unit
Forms of unit
| plural | units |
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Origin of unit
Formerly unite, a later form of unity; see unity.
Words formed from unit
- absolute unit
- accumulated thermal unit
- allocation unit
- Amagat unit
- angstrom unit
- animal unit
- API unit
- application protocol data unit
- arbitrary unit
- arithmetic logic unit
- ALU
- astronaut maneuvering unit
- astronaut propulsion unit
- astronomical unit
- atomic mass unit
- auxiliary power unit
- bargaining unit
- base unit
- battery electric multiple unit
- biounit
- blocking unit
- Bodansky unit
- bomb disposal unit
- bread unit
- British thermal unit
- Bubnoff unit
- B-unit
- B unit
- burn unit
- business unit
- cab unit
- car equivalent unit
- Carnegie unit
- cat unit
- central processing unit
- CPU
- code unit
- colony-forming unit
- concrete masonry unit
- construction unit
- consumer unit
- control unit
- counit
- cowl unit
- cunit
- customary unit
- cyberunit
- Debye unit
- derived unit
- detoxification unit
- diesel multiple unit
- Dirichlet's unit theorem
- DI unit
- Dobson unit
- drive unit
- effects unit
- electric multiple unit
- electromagnetic unit
- eternal care unit
- excavation unit
Phrases with unit
- x unit
- SI unit
- IRE unit
- K-9 unit
- map unit
- unit jar
- USP unit
- flux unit
- head unit
- hood unit
- moon unit
- rack unit
139 more phrasesFewer phrases
- time unit
- unit cell
- unit cost
- unit disk
- unit fine
- unit jars
- unit load
- unit test
- wall unit
- work unit
- field unit
- first unit
- Haugh unit
- motor unit
- power unit
- unit cells
- unit costs
- unit disks
- unit fines
- unit loads
- unit price
- unit tests
- unit trust
- Eötvös unit
- family unit
- in-law unit
- memory unit
- Planck unit
- reefer unit
- repeat unit
- second unit
- shower unit
- social unit
- system unit
- unit circle
- unit matrix
- unit prices
- unit record
- unit sphere
- unit trusts
- unit vector
- formula unit
- housing unit
- lexical unit
- message unit
- morphic unit
- natural unit
- penalty unit
- storage unit
- thermal unit
- tractor unit
- unit circles
- unit element
- unit of time
- unit pricing
- unit spheres
- unit testing
- unit vectors
- Friedman unit
- monetary unit
- mountain unit
- multiple unit
- parental unit
- postcode unit
- prosodic unit
- rhythmic unit
- Scoville unit
- Siegbahn unit
- sunshine unit
- Svedberg unit
- unit elements
- unit fraction
- unit function
- unit interval
- unit matrices
- unit matrixes
- unit of issue
- urotoxic unit
- exclusion unit
- execution unit
- imaginary unit
- inclusion unit
- livestock unit
- pecuniary unit
- political unit
- repeating unit
- strontium unit
- unit fractions
- unit functions
- unit hyperbola
- unit intervals
- unit operation
- federative unit
- intonation unit
- linguistic unit
- processing unit
- unit gyrovector
- unit hyperbolas
- unit of account
- unit of alcohol
- unit of measure
- unit operations
- fundamental unit
- nonstandard unit
- unit gyrovectors
- unit of language
- tone-bearing unit
- international unit
- pilosebaceous unit
- Scoville heat unit
- stock-keeping unit
- floating-point unit
- intensive care unit
- intensive-care unit
- King-Armstrong unit
- unit of measurement
- visual display unit
- waste disposal unit
- high dependency unit
- mother and baby unit
- quantum unit of spin
- special victims unit
- Time Unit Box System
- garbage disposal unit
- rectified linear unit
- restricted stock unit
- security housing unit
- special handling unit
- field-replaceable unit
- neural processing unit
- turn construction unit
- Heaviside unit function
- inertial reference unit
- manned maneuvering unit
- quantum processing unit
- graphics processing unit
- Heaviside unit functions
- inertial navigation unit
- propwash deflection unit
Words that rhyme with unit
Questions about unit
- What does unit mean?
- Unit means oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
- What is unit in Hindi?
- Unit in Hindi is इकाई (ikāī), टुकड़ी (ṭukṛī), प्रथम (pratham). See Unit meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is unit?
- Unit can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce unit?
- Unit is pronounced /ˈjuː.nɪt/.
- What is the plural of unit?
- The plural of unit is units.
Words near unit in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: unit (page history and authors); unit (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unit (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unit (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unit (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unit (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unit (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unit (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unit (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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