unit
n 1: 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" [syn: {unit of measurement}]
2: 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"
3: 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"
[syn: {social unit}]
4: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity;
"how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the
repairman simply replaced the unit" [syn: {whole}, {whole
thing}]
5: a single undivided whole; "an idea is not a unit that can be
moved from one brain to another"
6: a combination of interrelated interacting artifacts designed
to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo
system"; "the unit consists of a motor and a small
computer" [syn: {system}]
7: a single undivided natural entity occurring in the
composition of something else; "units of nucleic acids"
[syn: {building block}]