Meaning of unit | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Wet.
2. Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
3. unit (object, military, or measure)
4. A standard measure of a quantity or magnitude.
5. unity
6. The number one.
7. Ellipsis of international unit.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
8. An organized group comprising people and/or equipment.
9. A course, lesson, or section of a curriculum covering a particular topic or skill.
10. A member of a military organization.
    informal
11. An item which may be sold singly.
12. Any piece of equipment, such as an appliance, power tool, stereo system, computer, tractor, or machinery.
    Australia, New-Zealand, UK, US
13. A structure used to display goods for sale (usually containing shelves, pegs or hooks)
14. A measure of housing equivalent to the living quarters of one household; an apartment where a group of apartments is contained in one or more multi-storied buildings or a group of dwellings is in one or more single storey buildings, usually arranged around a driveway.
    Australia, New-Zealand, US
15. A quantity of approximately 517 milliliters (1.1 U.S. pints) of blood.
16. Any military element whose structure is prescribed by competent authority, such as a table of organization and equipment; specifically, part of an organization.
    US
17. An organization title of a subdivision of a group in a task force.
    US
18. A standard or basic quantity into which an item of supply is divided, issued, or detailed. In this meaning, also called unit of issue.
    US
19. With regard to Reserve Components of the Armed Forces, denotes a Selected Reserve unit organized, equipped, and trained for mobilization to serve on active duty as a unit or to augment or be augmented by another unit. Headquarters and support functions without wartime missions are not considered units.
    US
20. The identity element, neutral element.
21. An element having an inverse, an invertible element; an associate of the unity.
22. In an adjunction, a natural transformation from the identity functor of the domain of the left adjoint functor to the composition of the right adjoint functor with the left adjoint functor.
23. A volume of rock or ice of identifiable origin and age range that is defined by the distinctive and dominant, easily mapped and recognizable petrographic, lithologic or paleontologic features (facies) that characterize it.
24. A unit of alcohol.
    UK
25. One kilowatt-hour (as recorded on an electricity meter).
    UK
26. A gold coin of the reign of James I, worth twenty shillings.
    historical
27. A work unit.
28. A physically large person.
    Australia, UK, slang
29. A penis, especially a large one.
    US, slang, vulgar

Equivalents

Examples

“Number, we define, to be, a certayne Mathematicall Sũme, of Vnits. [Note the worde, Vnit, to expresse the Greke Monas, & not Vnitie: as we haue all, commonly, till now, vsed.]”

“The centimetre is a unit of length.”

“The pound sterling is a unit of currency.”

“This pill provides 500 units of Vitamin E.”

“He was a member of a special police unit.”

“We're starting a new unit on photosynthesis next week.”

“The fifth tank brigade moved in with 20 units. (i.e., 20 tanks)”

“We shipped nearly twice as many units this month as last month.”

“This air-conditioner is the most efficient unit we sell.”

“The new apartment complex will have 50 units.”

“An element 𝑒 of 𝑆 such that 𝑒𝑥 = 𝑥 = 𝑥𝑒 for all 𝑥 ∈ 𝑆 is called a unit element. (When the law of composition is written additively, the unit element is denoted by 0, and is called a zero element.)”

“Let 𝐴 be an arbitrary integral domain. We say that an element 𝑎 ∈ 𝐴 is invertible or is a unit of 𝐴 if it has an inverse in 𝐴; in ℤ the units are ±1, […]”

“For example, the Moenkopi Formation was named for the small settlement of Moenkopi, Arizona where the formation was first defined as being a separate unit from the rocks above and beneath it.”

“Luca's father, Americo Campanaro, said: "I feel like my heart has been ripped out." Mr Campanaro added: "He was a big lad, a big unit, that's why he was a goalkeeper, with a big heart to match. A gentle giant."”

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