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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024u•nit /ˈyunɪt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a single thing;
one person or thing. - any group of things or persons thought of as a single thing:The team formed a unit.
- one of the individuals, parts, or elements into which a whole may be divided.
- one of a number of things that are identical or equivalent in function or form:a rental unit.
- a machine, part, or system of machines having a specified purpose, often an apparatus or piece that is part of a bigger piece:a heating unit.
- Weights and Measuresa specified amount of a quantity, as of length, volume, or time, by comparison with which any other quantity of the same kind is measured:a unit of measurement, as an inch.
- Mathematicsthe least positive integer;
one.
See -uni-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024u•nit (yo̅o̅′nit),USA pronunciation n. - a single thing or person.
- any group of things or persons regarded as an entity:They formed a cohesive unit.
- one of the individuals or groups that together constitute a whole;
one of the parts or elements into which a whole may be divided or analyzed. - one of a number of things, organizations, etc., identical or equivalent in function or form:a rental unit; a unit of rolling stock.
- any magnitude regarded as an independent whole;
a single, indivisible entity. - Weights and MeasuresAlso called dimension. any specified amount of a quantity, as of length, volume, force, momentum, or time, by comparison with which any other quantity of the same kind is measured or estimated.
- the least positive integer;
one. - MathematicsAlso called unit's place.
- (in a mixed number) the position of the first digit to the left of the decimal point.
- (in a whole number) the position of the first digit from the right of the decimal point.
- a machine, part, or system of machines having a specified purpose;
apparatus:a heating unit. - Educationa division of instruction centering on a single theme.
- Militaryan organized body of soldiers, varying in size and constituting a subdivision of a larger body.
- Medicine
- the measured amount of a substance necessary to cause a certain effect;
a clinical quantity used when a substance cannot be readily isolated in pure form and its activity determined directly. - the amount necessary to cause a specific effect upon a specific animal or upon animal tissues.
- Mathematics
- an identity element.
- an element in a group, ring, etc., that possesses an inverse.
- 1570; coined by John Dee as a translation of Greek mónas (previously rendered as unity); perh. influenced by digit
Unit., - Unitarian.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: unit /ˈjuːnɪt/ n - 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
- Also called: unit of measurement A 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
- (modifier) having a value defined as one for the system: unit vector
- Also called: unit set a set having a single member
- short for home unit
- NZ a self-propelled railcar
Etymology: 16th Century: back formation from unity, perhaps on the model of digit |