Unit (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a single thing or person.
  2. any group of things or persons regarded as an entity: They formed a cohesive unit.
  3. 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.
  4. one of a number of things, organizations, etc., identical or equivalent in function or form: a rental unit;a unit of rolling stock.
  5. any magnitude regarded as an independent whole; a single, indivisible entity.
  6. 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.
  7. the least positive integer; one.
  8. Also 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.
  9. a machine, part, or system of machines having a specified purpose; apparatus: a heating unit.
  10. a division of instruction centering on a single theme.
  11. an organized body of soldiers, varying in size and constituting a subdivision of a larger body.
  12. Medicine/Medical.
    • 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.
  13. Mathematics.
    • an identity element.
    • an element in a group, ring, etc., that possesses an inverse.
abbreviation
  1. Unitarian.
noun
  1. a single undivided entity or whole
  2. any group or individual, esp when regarded as a basic element of a larger whole
  3. a mechanical part or integrated assembly of parts that performs a subsidiary function
  4. a complete system, apparatus, or establishment that performs a specific function
  5. a subdivision of a larger military formation
  6. 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
  7. the amount of a drug, vaccine, etc, needed to produce a particular effect
  8. a standard measure used in calculating alcohol intake and its effect
  9. maths
    • the first position in a place-value counting system, representing a single-digit number
    • having a value defined as one for the system
  10. a set having a single member
  11. short for home unit
  12. short for stock unit
  13. a self-propelled railcar
abbreviation for
  1. Unitarian
Unit (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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