unit

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EtymologyEdit

Formerly unite, a later form of unity; see unity.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuː.nɪt/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -uːnɪt

NounEdit

unit (plural units)

1. (sciences) A standard measure of a quantity.

   The centimetre is a unit of length.

2. The number one.
3. Short form of international unit

   This pill provides 500 units of Vitamin E.

4. An organized group comprising people and/or equipment.

   He was a member of a special police unit.

5. (military, informal) A member of a military organization.

   The fifth tank brigade moved in with 20 units. (i.e., 20 tanks)

6. (US, military) Any military element whose structure is prescribed by competent authority, such as a table of organization and equipment; specifically, part of an organization^[1].
7. (US, military) An organization title of a subdivision of a group in a task force^[1].
8. (US, military) A standard or basic quantity into which an item of supply is divided, issued, or used. In this meaning, also called unit of issue^[1].
9. (US, military) 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^[1].
10. (algebra) An element of a ring having a multiplicative inverse. (Formerly just the identity element 1_R of a ring.)
11. (geology) 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.
12. (commerce) An item which may be sold singly.

    We shipped nearly twice as many units this month as last month.

13. (UK, electricity) One kilowatt-hour (as recorded on an electricity meter).
14. (Australia, New Zealand) 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.

SynonymsEdit

• (identity element): identity element, unit element

TranslationsEdit

AdjectiveEdit

unit (not comparable)

1. For each unit.

   We have to keep our unit costs down if we want to make a profit.

2. (mathematics) Having a size or magnitude of one.
   • 1990, William W. S. Wei, Time Series Analysis, ISBN 0201159112, page 9:

     Consider the following time sequence

     ,

     where is a random variable with a zero mean and a unit variance and is a random variable with a uniform distribution on the interval independent of .

TranslationsEdit

Derived termsEdit

• construction unit
• unit aircraft
• unitality
• unit cost
• unit combat readiness
• unit commitment status
• unit designation list

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Joint Publication 1-02 U.S. Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms; 12 April 2001 (As Amended Through 14 April 2006).

External linksEdit

• unit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• unit in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• unit at OneLook Dictionary Search

AnagramsEdit

• uint

VerbEdit

unit m (feminine unida, masculine plural units, feminine plural unides)

1. Past participle of unir.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /y.ni/

VerbEdit

unit

1. third-person singular present indicative of unir
2. third-person singular past historic of unir

AnagramsEdit

• nuit

VerbEdit

ūnit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of ūniō

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [uˈnit]

ParticipleEdit

unit

1. past participle of uni

DeclensionEdit

See also neunit