unit
/ˈjuː.nɪt/ · noun
Meaning
- 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.
- Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
- A standard measure of a quantity.
- The number one.
- An organized group comprising people and/or equipment.
- A member of a military organization.
- Any military element whose structure is prescribed by competent authority, such as a table of organization and equipment; specifically, part of an organization.
- For each unit.
- Having a size or magnitude of one.
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