Unit (Noun)
Meaning 1
A single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else; "units of nucleic acids".
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Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made).
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Meaning 2
A single undivided whole; "an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another".
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
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Meaning 3
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".
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Unique beginner for nouns.
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Meaning 4
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".
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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
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- Administrative Body
- Crew
- Trojan Horse
- Force
- Household
- House
- Squad
- Political Entity
- Menage
- Military Force
- Working Party
- Home
- Scout Group
- Poste Restante
- Military Group
- Work Party
- ICU
- Scout Troop
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Meaning 5
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".
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
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- Denier
- Linear Unit
- Angular Unit
- Point
- Kt
- Pressure Unit
- Miles Per Gallon
- Cubage Unit
- Metric Unit
- Mass Unit
- Cubic Measure
- Diopter
- Capacity Measure
- Force Unit
- Measuring Unit
- Monetary Unit
- Printing Unit
- Telephone Unit
- Cubic Content Unit
- Weight Unit
- Teraflop
- Energy Unit
- Million Floating Point Operations Per Second
- Sound Unit
- Megaflop
- Displacement Unit
- Electrostatic Unit
- Volume Unit
- Absorption Unit
- Acceleration Unit
- MIPS
- Bit
- Temperature Unit
- Work Unit
- Computer Memory Unit
- Brinell Number
- Electromagnetic Unit
- Langley
- Area Unit
- Cubature Unit
- Explosive Unit
- Unit Of Viscosity
- Pain Unit
- Karat
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Meaning 6
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".
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Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas.