Other Definitions
unit (enc)
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Unit| Noun | 1. | unit - 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"denier - a unit of measurement for the fineness of silk or nylon or rayon; "with an evening dress one wears 10 denier stockings" diopter - a unit of measurement of the refractive power of a lens which is equal to the reciprocal of the focal length measured in meters Karat, carat - the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold force unit - a unit of measurement of physical force metric unit, metric - a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds); "convert all the measurements to metric units"; "it is easier to work in metric" miles per gallon - the distance traveled in a vehicle powered by one gallon of gasoline or diesel fuel million instructions per second, MIPS - (computer science) a unit for measuring the execution speed of a computer's CPU (but not the whole system); "4 MIPS is 4,000,000 instructions per second" pain unit - a unit measuring the intensity of pain weight unit, weight - a unit used to measure weight; "he placed two weights in the scale pan" point - the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest; "he scored 20 points in the first half"; "a touchdown counts 6 points" bit - a unit of measurement of information (from Binary + digIT); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states; "there are 8 bits in a byte" electrostatic unit - any of various units of electricity based on forces of interaction between electric charges | | | 2. | unit - 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"component part, part, portion, component - something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach" | | | 3. | 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"klavern - a local unit of the Ku Klux Klan company - a unit of firefighters including their equipment; "a hook-and-ladder company" family, household, menage, house, home - a social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home" instrumentality - a subsidiary organ of government created for a special purpose; "are the judicial instrumentalities of local governments adequate?"; "he studied the French instrumentalities for law enforcement" member - an organization that is a member of another organization (especially a state that belongs to a group of nations); "the library was a member of the interlibrary loan association"; "Canada is a member of the United Nations" task force - a semipermanent unit created to carry out a continuing task den - a unit of 8 to 10 cub scouts combination - a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose; "they were a winning combination" crew - the men who man a ship or aircraft outfit - any cohesive unit such as a military company fifth column, Trojan horse - a subversive group that supports the enemy and engages in espionage or sabotage; an enemy in your midst side - one of two or more contesting groups; "the Confederate side was prepared to attack" working group, working party - a group of people working together temporarily until some goal is achieved; "the working group was supposed to report back in two weeks" | | | 4. | unit - a single undivided whole; "an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another"whole - all of something including all its component elements or parts; "Europe considered as a whole"; "the whole of American literature" one - a single person or thing; "he is the best one"; "this is the one I ordered" | | | 5. | unit - a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else; "units of nucleic acids"thing - a separate and self-contained entity chemical chain, chain - (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule) couple - something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines piece, part - a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite" unit cell - the smallest group of atoms or molecules whose repetition at regular intervals in three dimensions produces the lattices of a crystal molecule - (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound | | | 6. | unit - 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"object, physical object - a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" item - a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection; "they reduced the price on many items" portion, part - something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together" segment, section - one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object; "a section of a fishing rod"; "metal sections were used below ground"; "finished the final segment of the road" | |
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