unit

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English

Etymology

Formerly unite, a later form of unity; see unity.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuː.nɪt/, /ˈ(j)ɪu̯.nɪt/
• Rhymes: -uːnɪt

Noun

unit (plural units)

1. (mathematics) Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one. [from 16th c.]
   • 1570, John Dee, in H. Billingsley (trans.) Euclid, Elements of Geometry, Preface:

     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.]

2. (sciences) A standard measure of a quantity.

3. The number one.
4. Ellipsis of international unit.

5. An organized group comprising people and/or equipment.

6. (military, informal) A member of a military organization.

7. (commerce) An item which may be sold singly.

8. (US, UK, Australia, New Zealand) Any piece of equipment, such as an appliance, power tool, stereo system, computer, tractor, or machinery.

9. (retail) A structure used to display goods for sale (usually containing shelves, pegs or hooks)

   Coordinate terms: bay, display, FSDU, gondola, stand

10. (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.

11. (medicine) A quantity of approximately 517 milliliters (1.1 U.S. pints) of blood.
12. (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.
13. (US, military) An organization title of a subdivision of a group in a task force.
14. (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.
15. (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.
16. (algebra) The identity element, neutral element.
17. (algebra) An element having an inverse, an invertible element; an associate of the unity.

    Hypernym: regular element
18. (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.
19. (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.
20. (UK) A unit of alcohol.
21. (UK, electricity) One kilowatt-hour (as recorded on an electricity meter).
22. (historical) A gold coin of the reign of James I, worth twenty shillings.
23. A work unit.
24. (UK, Australia, slang) A physically large person.
25. (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

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

unit (not comparable)

1. For each unit.

   We have to keep our unit costs down if we want to make a profit.

2. (mathematics) Having a size or magnitude of one.

   • Consider the following time sequence

     ${displaystyle Z_=A\sin(\omega t+\theta )}$,

     where ${displaystyle A}$ is a random variable with a zero mean and a unit variance and ${displaystyle \theta }$ is a random variable with a uniform distribution on the interval ${displaystyle [-\pi ,\pi ]}$ independent of ${displaystyle A}$.

Translations

References

Further reading

• “unit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “unit”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “unit”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• uint

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔunit/ [ˈʔu.n̪it]
• Hyphenation: u‧nit

Noun

únit (Basahan spelling ᜂᜈᜒᜆ᜔)

1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon, anatomy) skin; scalp

   Synonyms: kublit, balat

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [uˈnit]
• Rhymes: -it

Adjective

unit (feminine unida, masculine plural units, feminine plural unides)

1. united

Derived terms

• Emirats Àrabs Units
• Estats Units
• Estats Units d'Amèrica
• Regne Unit

Participle

unit (feminine unida, masculine plural units, feminine plural unides)

1. past participle of unir

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y.ni/

Verb

unit

1. inflection of unir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. third-person singular past historic

Anagrams

• nuit

Indonesian

Etymology

From English unit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʊnɪt̚]
• Hyphenation: unit

Noun

unit (plural unit-unit)

1. unit:
   1. (mathematics) oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one

      Synonym: satuan

   2. (sciences) a standard measure of a quantity

Classifier

unit

1. Classifier for singularity.

Derived terms

Further reading

• “unit” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Verb

ūnit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of ūniō

Occitan

Pronunciation

Adjective

unit m (feminine singular unida, masculine plural units, feminine plural unidas)

1. united

Participle

unit m (feminine unida, masculine plural units, feminine plural unidas)

1. past participle of unir

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 712.

Romanian

Etymology

Past participle of uni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uˈnit]

Adjective

unit m or n (feminine singular unită, masculine plural uniți, feminine and neuter plural unite)

1. united

Declension

Verb

unit (past participle of uni)

1. past participle of uni

Welsh

Alternative forms

• unet (colloquial)
• unset (colloquial)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɨ̞nɪt/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈiːnɪt/, /ˈɪnɪt/

Verb

unit

1. (literary) second-person singular imperfect/conditional of uno

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