adj
Meaning 1
For each unit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- We have to keep our unit costs down if we want to make a profit.
Meaning relationships
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adj
For each unit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Having a size or magnitude of one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
A standard measure of a quantity or magnitude.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: sciences
Synonyms: unit of measure, unit of measurement
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A basic, self-contained component or module that performs a specific function inside a computer system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
The number one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Ellipsis of international unit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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noun
An organized group comprising people or equipment.
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noun
A course, lesson, or section of a curriculum covering a particular topic or skill.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: education
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noun
A member of a military organization.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
An item which may be sold singly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, commerce
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noun
Any piece of equipment, such as an appliance, power tool, stereo system, computer, tractor, or machinery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, US
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noun
A structure used to display goods for sale (usually containing shelves, pegs or hooks)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, commerce, retail
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, US
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noun
A quantity of approximately 517 milliliters (1.1 U.S. pints) of blood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Any military element whose structure is prescribed by competent authority, such as a table of organization and equipment; specifically, part of an organization.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
An organization title of a subdivision of a group in a task force.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
A standard or basic quantity into which an item of supply is divided, issued, or detailed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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Synonyms: unit of issue
Antonyms: none provided
noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
The identity element, the neutral element.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences
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Synonyms: identity element, unity, unit element
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noun
An element having an inverse, an invertible element; an associate of the unity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences
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Broader terms: regular element
noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: category-theory, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
A unit of alcohol.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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noun
One kilowatt-hour (as recorded on an electricity meter).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
A gold coin of the reign of James I, worth twenty shillings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
A work unit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A physically large person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, UK, slang
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noun
A penis, especially a large one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, slang, vulgar
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noun
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: whole
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: object, physical object
Narrower terms: congener, living thing, animate thing, natural object, artifact, artefact, assembly, item, sum, total, totality, aggregate
noun
a single undivided whole
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: whole
Narrower terms: one
noun
an organization regarded as part of a larger social group
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: social unit
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: organization, organisation
Narrower terms: klavern, administrative unit, administrative body, company, family, household, house, home, menage, general delivery, poste restante, instrumentality, intensive care unit, ICU, member, military unit, military force, military group, force, task force, team, squad, den, gang, crew, work party, combination, troop, scout troop, scout group, outfit, fifth column, Trojan horse, political unit, political entity, side, working group, working party
noun
a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: building block
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: thing
Narrower terms: chain, chemical chain, couple, unit cell, group, radical, chemical group, molecule
noun
any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: unit of measurement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: definite quantity
Narrower terms: measuring unit, measuring block, denier, diopter, dioptre, karat, carat, kt, absorption unit, acceleration unit, angular unit, area unit, square measure, volume unit, capacity unit, capacity measure, cubage unit, cubic measure, cubic content unit, displacement unit, cubature unit, computer memory unit, electromagnetic unit, emu, explosive unit, force unit, linear unit, linear measure, metric unit, metric, miles per gallon, monetary unit, megaflop, MFLOP, million floating point operations per second, teraflop, trillion floating point operations per second, MIPS, million instructions per second, pain unit, pressure unit, printing unit, sound unit, telephone unit, temperature unit, weight unit, weight, mass unit, unit of viscosity, work unit, heat unit, energy unit, langley, Brinell number, point, bit, electrostatic unit
noun
an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: part, portion, component part, component, constituent
History
Formerly unite, a later form of unity; see unity.
Across languages
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