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  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 1R 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).
Translations: 
  • Dutch: eenheid(nl)f
  • French: unité(fr)f
  • German: Einheit(de)f
  • Italian: unití (it)f
adjective (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.
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