specific quantity regarded as a standard; combination which acts a whole; piece; furniture; device, apparatus
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Units Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Four or more basic Mosaic Parquet Squares; or four or more slats in 3/4" parquet, usually made from T&G strip flooring combined into a parquet unit.
Units Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
Noun
1. any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange; "the dollar is the United States unit of currency"; "a unit of wheat is a bushel"; "change per unit volume"
(synonym) unit of measurement
(hypernym) definite quantity
(hyponym) measuring unit, measuring block
(derivation) unitize, unitise
2. 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"
(hypernym) part, portion, component part, component
(derivation) unitize, unitise
3. 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"
(synonym) social unit
(hypernym) organization, organisation
(hyponym) klavern
(derivation) unitize, unitise
4. a single undivided whole; "an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another"
(hypernym) whole
(hyponym) one
(derivation) unify, unite, merge
5. a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else; "units of nucleic acids"
(synonym) building block
(hypernym) thing
(hyponym) chain, chemical chain
(part-meronym) part, piece
(derivation) unitize, unitise
6. an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"
(synonym) whole, whole thing
(hypernym) object, physical object
(hyponym) artifact, artefact
(part-meronym) part, portion
(derivation) mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate
Units Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
A standard quantity, such as ft or mi; Synonyms: dimension;
Units Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
UNIT (UNified Intelligence Taskforce, or United Nations Intelligence Taskforce) is a fictional military organisation from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures. Operating under the auspices of the UN, its purpose is to investigate and combat paranormal and extraterrestrial threats to the Earth. In the original Doctor Who series, several UNIT personnel (such as The Brigadier) played a major role in the programme.
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Unit may refer to:
Mathematics
- Unit (ring theory), an element that is invertible with respect to ring multiplication
- 1 (number), the unit number
- Unit vector, a vector with length equal to 1
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