unit
See also: unît
unit - English
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈjuː.nɪt/
Noun
unit (plural units)
- (mathematics) Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
- (sciences) A standard measure of a quantity.
- The centimetre is a unit of length.
- The number one.
- Ellipsis of international unit.
- This pill provides 500 units of Vitamin E.
- An organized group comprising people and/or equipment.
- He was a member of a special police unit.
- (military, informal) A member of a military organization.
- The fifth tank brigade moved in with 20 units. (i.e., 20 tanks)
- (commerce) An item which may be sold singly.
- We shipped nearly twice as many units this month as last month.
- (US, UK, Australia, New Zealand) any piece of equipment, such as an appliance, power tool, stereo system, computer, tractor, or machinery.
- This air-conditioner is the most efficient unit we sell.
- (US, Australia, New Zealand) 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.
- The new apartment complex will have 50 units.
- (US, military) Any military element whose structure is prescribed by competent authority, such as a table of organization and equipment; specifically, part of an organization.
- (US, military) An organization title of a subdivision of a group in a task force.
- (US, military) 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, military) 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.
- (algebra) The identity element, neutral element.
- (algebra) An element having an inverse, an invertible element; an associate of the unity.
- Hypernym: regular element
- (category theory) 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.
- (geology) 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.
- (UK) A unit of alcohol.
- (UK, electricity) One kilowatt-hour (as recorded on an electricity meter).
- (historical) A gold coin of the reign of James I, worth twenty shillings.
- A work unit.
- (UK, Australia, slang) A physically large person.
- (US, slang, vulgar) A penis, especially a large one.
Synonyms
- (identity element): identity element, unity, unit element
Hyponyms
- (chip): arithmetic logic unit
- (sciences): SI unit
Translations
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Adjective
unit (not comparable)
- For each unit.
- We have to keep our unit costs down if we want to make a profit.
- (mathematics) Having a size or magnitude of one.
Derived terms
- absolute unit
- arithmetic logic unit, ALU
- astronomical unit
- cab unit
- central processing unit, CPU
- construction unit
- cowl unit
- floating-point unit, FPU
- graphics processing unit, GPU
- hood unit
- multiple unit
- power unit
- tractor unit
- unit aircraft
- unitality
- unitary
- unit combat readiness
- unit commitment status
- unit cost
- unit designation list
- unitise, unitize
- unit load
- unit trust
Translations
Anagrams
unit - Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈʔunit/
- Hyphenation: u‧nit
Noun
únit
unit - Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA: /uˈnit/
Adjective
unit (feminine unida, masculine plural units, feminine plural unides)
Derived terms
Verb
unit m (feminine unida, masculine plural units, feminine plural unides)
- past participle of unir
unit - French
Pronunciation
- IPA: /y.ni/
Verb
unit
- inflection of unir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- third-person singular past historic
Anagrams
unit - Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈʊnɪt̚]
- Hyphenation: unit
Noun
unit (first-person possessive unitku, second-person possessive unitmu, third-person possessive unitnya)
- unit:
- (mathematics) oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
- Synonym: satuan
- (sciences) a standard measure of a quantity.
- (mathematics) oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
Classifier
unit
- Classifier for singularity.
Derived terms
- unit contoh
- unit desa
- unit gawat darurat
- unit gerak
- unit Haugh
- unit internasional
- unit kerja
- unit translasi
unit - Latin
Verb
ūnit
- third-person singular present active indicative of ūniō
unit - Occitan
Verb
unit
- past participle of unir
unit - Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA: [uˈnit]
Adjective
unit m or n (feminine singular unită, masculine plural uniți, feminine and neuter plural unite)
Declension
Verb
unit (past participle of uni)
- past participle of uni
unit - Welsh
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA: /ˈɨ̞nɪt/
- (South Wales) IPA: /ˈiːnɪt/, /ˈɪnɪt/
Verb
unit
- (literary) second-person singular imperfect/conditional of uno
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
unit | unchanged | unchanged | hunit |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |