All Definitions for Unit
Below are all the dictionary definitions of unit:
1Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number
2A magnitude of one.
3A standard measure of a quantity or magnitude.
4The number one.
5A course, lesson, or section of a curriculum covering a particular topic or skill.
6An item which may be sold singly.
7An organized group comprising people and/or equipment.
8A measure of housing equivalent to the living quarters of one household
9An 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.
10Any piece of equipment, such as an appliance, power tool, stereo system, computer, tractor, or machinery.
11A quantity of approximately 517 milliliters (1.1 U.S. pints) of blood.
12Any military element whose structure is prescribed by competent authority, such as a table of organization and equipment
13Specifically, part of an organization.
14An organization title of a subdivision of a group in a task force.
15A standard or basic quantity into which an item of supply is divided, issued, or detailed. In this meaning, also called unit of issue.
16With 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.
17A unit of alcohol.
18One kilowatt-hour (as recorded on an electricity meter).
19A physically large person.
20A member of a military organization.
21A work unit.
22A structure used to display goods for sale (usually containing shelves, pegs or hooks)
23A 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.
24The identity element, neutral element.
25An element having an inverse, an invertible element
26An associate of the unity.
27In 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.
28Having a size or magnitude of one.
29A penis, especially a large one.
30For each unit.
31A gold coin of the reign of James I, worth twenty shillings.
32Ellipsis of international unit. [(pharmacology) A particular, minute unit of mass, defined differently for different substances, but so that varying substances of the same general type have the property that one international unit of the one has the same effect on the human body as one international unit of the other.]
About synonyms for unit
Finding the right synonym for unit helps writers avoid repetition and add precision to their work. Defined as "Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number", unit has 0 alternatives that can fit different contexts and tones.
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