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Unit   /jˈunət/  /jˈunɪt/   Listen
Unit

noun
1.
Any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange.  Synonym: unit of measurement.  "A unit of wheat is a bushel" , "Change per unit volume"
2.
An individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole.  "The word is a basic linguistic unit"
3.
An organization regarded as part of a larger social group.  Synonym: social unit.  "After the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit"
4.
A single undivided whole.
5.
A single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else.  Synonym: building block.
6.
An assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity.  Synonym: whole.  "The team is a unit"



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"Unit" Quotes from Famous Books



... it is particularly true of the Jacobin leaders. Rousseau himself, I admit, did in one place point in the direction of confederation; but only in the sense that for freedom on the one hand, and just administration on the other, the unit should not be too large to admit of the participation of the persons concerned in the management of their own public affairs. If the Jacobins had not been overwhelmed by the necessity of keeping out the invaders, they might have developed ...
— Studies in Literature • John Morley
... applied to artillery as an arm of service, refers to a permanent organization of a certain number of cannon, with the men and other accessaries required to serve them. This is the unit of force in this arm. The regimental organization is a mere nominal arrangement, for in actual service artillery acts by batteries, and never by regiments. Its strength is therefore invariably estimated by the number of ...
— Elements of Military Art and Science • Henry Wager Halleck
... and Emmons was its editor.* Its motto was: "The Truth, the whole Truth, and nothing but the Truth," and its prospectus announced as its purpose, "Unconditional repeal of the city charter—to correct the abuses of the unit power—to advocate disobedience to political revelations." Only one number of this newspaper was ever issued, but that number was almost directly the ...
— The Story of the Mormons: • William Alexander Linn
... composition, whether verse or prose, are based on the fact that the unit of language is not the word, or even the phrase, but the sentence. From this it follows that every word and every phrase gets its meaning from the sentence in which it occurs; and so that words and phrases should be used freshly on each occasion and, as it were, recharged with meaning by the ...
— Tract XI: Three Articles on Metaphor • Society for Pure English
... its marvelous peaks and summits drawing the eye aloft. But Philadelphia's profile is (I imagine) not much changed. I do not know just when the City Hall tower was finished: Walt speaks of it as "three-fifths built" in 1879. That, of course, is the dominant unit in the view from Camden. Otherwise there are few outstanding elements. The gradual rise in height of the buildings, from Front Street gently ascending up to Broad, gives no startling contrast of elevation to catch the gaze. The spires of the older churches ...
— Mince Pie • Christopher Darlington Morley


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