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u⋅nit

  [yoo-nit]
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–noun
1. a single thing or person.
2. any group of things or persons regarded as an entity: They formed a cohesive unit.
3. one of the individuals or groups that together constitute a whole; one of the parts or elements into which a whole may be divided or analyzed.
4. one of a number of things, organizations, etc., identical or equivalent in function or form: a rental unit; a unit of rolling stock.
5. any magnitude regarded as an independent whole; a single, indivisible entity.
6. Also called dimension. any specified amount of a quantity, as of length, volume, force, momentum, or time, by comparison with which any other quantity of the same kind is measured or estimated.
7. the least positive integer; one.
8. Also called unit's place.
a. (in a mixed number) the position of the first digit to the left of the decimal point.
b. (in a whole number) the position of the first digit from the right of the decimal point.
9. a machine, part, or system of machines having a specified purpose; apparatus: a heating unit.
10. Education. a division of instruction centering on a single theme.
11. Military. an organized body of soldiers, varying in size and constituting a subdivision of a larger body.
12. Medicine/Medical.
a. the measured amount of a substance necessary to cause a certain effect; a clinical quantity used when a substance cannot be readily isolated in pure form and its activity determined directly.
b. the amount necessary to cause a specific effect upon a specific animal or upon animal tissues.
13. Mathematics.
a. an identity element.
b. an element in a group, ring, etc., that possesses an inverse.
Origin:
1570; coined by John Dee as a trans. of Gk mónas (previously rendered as unity); perh. influenced by digit
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u·nit   (yōō'nĭt)   
n.  

  1. An individual, group, structure, or other entity regarded as an elementary structural or functional constituent of a whole.

  2. A group regarded as a distinct entity within a larger group.

    1. A mechanical part or module.

    2. An entire apparatus or the equipment that performs a specific function.

    3. A fixed amount of scholastic study used as a basis for calculating academic credits, usually measured in hours of classroom instruction or laboratory work.

    4. A section of an academic course focusing on a selected theme: a unit on Native Americans.

    5. The lowest positive whole number; one.

    6. An element of a ring with a multiplicative inverse.

  4. A precisely specified quantity in terms of which the magnitudes of other quantities of the same kind can be stated.

  5. Medicine The quantity of a vaccine, serum, drug, or other agent necessary to produce a specific effect.

    1. A fixed amount of scholastic study used as a basis for calculating academic credits, usually measured in hours of classroom instruction or laboratory work.

    2. A section of an academic course focusing on a selected theme: a unit on Native Americans.

    3. The lowest positive whole number; one.

    4. An element of a ring with a multiplicative inverse.

  7. The number immediately to the left of the decimal point in the Arabic numeral system.

  8. Mathematics

    1. The lowest positive whole number; one.

    2. An element of a ring with a multiplicative inverse.


[Back-formation from unity.]
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Slang Dictionary
(parental) units

  1. n.
    parents. (Teens. Also a term of address. See also rent(al)s.) : Hey, units! I need to talk to you about something really important.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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unit [ˈjunət]

  1. n.
    a gadget. : Now, take one of the red units—put the copper strip in the slot—place the whole thing in this larger unit—and you're done. , Hand me that unit on the thingy there.
  2. n.
    the penis. (Usually objectionable.) : Why are you always scratching your unit?

  3. Go to (parental) units. :
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Word Origin & History

unit 
1570, "single number regarded as an undivided whole," alteration of unity on the basis of digit. Popularized in John Dee's Eng. translation of Euclid, to express Gk. monas (Dee says unity formerly was used in this sense). Meaning "single thing regarded as a member of a group" is attested from 1642. Extended sense of "a quantity adopted as a standard of measure" is from 1738. Sense of "group of wards in a hospital" is attested from 1893.
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Financial Dictionary

unit

See specialist unitunit of tradingunit share.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: unit
Pronunciation: 'yü-n&t
Function: noun
1 : an amount of a biologically active agent (as a drug or antigen) required toproduce a specific result under strictly controlled conditions unit of penicillin>
2 : a molecule or portion of a molecule especially as combined in a largermolecule
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Medical Dictionary

unit u·nit (y&oomacr;'nĭt)
n.

  1. An entity regarded as an elementary structural or functional constituent of a whole.

  2. A precisely specified quantity in terms of which the magnitudes of other quantities of the same kind can be stated.

  3. The quantity of a serum, drug, or other agent necessary to produce a specific effect.

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