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Pronunciation
audio|en-us-unit.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-u�nɪt|-u�nɪt

Noun
en-noun

1. sciences A standard measure of a quantity.

#:The centimetre is a unit of length.

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

#:He was a member of a special police unit.

1. Military Any military element whose structure is prescribed by competent authority, such as a table of organization and equipment; specifically, part of an organization<ref name="JP102">Joint Publication 1-02 U.S. Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms; 12 April 2001 (As Amended Through 14 April 2006).</ref>.
2. Military An organization title of a subdivision of a group in a task force<ref name="JP102"/>.
3. Military A standard or basic quantity into which an item of supply is divided, issued, or used. In this meaning, also called unit of issue<ref name="JP102"/>.
4. 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<ref name="JP102"/>.
5. military A member of a military group.

#:The fifth tank brigade moved in with 20 units. (i.e., 20 tanks)

1. algebra An element of a ring having a multiplicative inverse. (Formerly just the identity element 1_R of a ring.)
2. (commerce) An item which may be sold singly.

#: We shipped nearly twice as many units this month as last month.

1. (UK) (electricity) One kilowatt-hour (as recorded on an electricity meter).

Synonyms
(identity element): identity element, unit element

Translations
trans-top|standard measure of a quantity
Arabic: ARchar|�حدة (wáħda) f
Bosnian: t-|bs|jedinica|f
Bulgarian едини�а (edinítsa)f
Chinese: �� (d�nwèi)
Croatian: t-|hr|jedinica|f
Czech: t+|cs|jednotka|f
Dutch: t+|nl|eenheid|f
Finnish: t+|fi|yksikkö
French: t+|fr|unité|f
German: t+|de|Einheit|f
Hungarian: t-|hu|egység
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Italian: t-|it|unità|f
Japanese: �� (���, tan�i)
Korean: �� [��] (danwi)
Polish: t-|pl|jednostka|f
Portuguese: t-|pt|unidade|f
Russian: едини�а (jedinítsa) f
Spanish: t+|es|unidad|f
Swedish: t-|sv|enhet
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trans-top|organized group comprising people and/or equipment
Bosnian: t-|bs|jedinica|f
Bulgarian едини�а (edinítsa)f
Chinese: �件 (bùjiàn)
Croatian: t-|hr|jedinica|f
Czech: t+|cs|jednotka|f
Dutch: t+|nl|eenheid|f
Finnish: t+|fi|yksikkö, t-|fi|osasto
German: t+|de|Einheit|f
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Japanese: �� (����, isshiki)
Polish: t-|pl|jednostka|f
Russian: едини�а (jedinítsa) f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �едини�а#Serbian|�едини�а f
:Roman: jedinica#Serbian|jedinica f
Spanish: t+|es|unidad|f
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trans-top|member of a larger military group
Bosnian: t-|bs|jedinica|f
Bulgarian едини�а (edinítsa)f
Croatian: t-|hr|jedinica|f
Dutch: t+|nl|eenheid|f
Finnish: t+|fi|yksikkö
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Japanese: �� (���, butai), �� (���, bumon)
Polish: t-|pl|jednostka|f
Russian: едини�а (jedinítsa) f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �едини�а#Serbian|�едини�а f
:Roman: jedinica#Serbian|jedinica f
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trans-top|algebraic unit}
Bosnian: {{t-|bs|jedinica|f}
Croatian: t-|hr|jedinica|f
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Bulgarian едини�а (edinítsa)f
Polish: t-|pl|jednostka|f
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trans-top|item sold singly
Finnish: t+|fi|kappale
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Indonesian: satuan
ttbc|Slovak: jednotka f

Adjective
unit notcomp

1. For each unit.

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

1. math Having a size or magnitude of one.

#: All solutions lie within the unit disc centered at the origin.

Translations
trans-top|for each unit
Finnish: yksikkö- (in compounds)
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trans-top|mathematical
Finnish: yksikkö- (in compounds)
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Derived terms
unit aircraft
unit combat readiness
unit commitment status
unit designation list

References
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Category:1000 English basic words

French

Pronunciation
w:IPA|IPA: /y.ni/
w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /y.ni/

Verb
unit

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

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• 2007-12-30 08:59 - Dbfirs - /* Noun */ (algebra, ring theory) The meaning has changed over the last 40 years?

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