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Noun: unit yoonit- 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" - unit of measurement - 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" - 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" - social unit - A single undivided whole
"an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another" - A single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
"units of nucleic acids" - building block - An assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity
"the team is a unit" - whole
Derived forms: units See also: unify, unitary, unitize Type of: component, component part, constituent, definite quantity, object, organisation [Brit], organization, part, physical object, portion, thing, whole Encyclopedia: Unit |