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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'unit' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions unit noun  (sciences) A standard measure of a quantity. The centimetre is a unit of length. An organized group comprising people and/or equipment. He was a member of a special police unit. (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>. (Military) An organization title of a subdivision of a group in a task force<ref name="JP102"/>. (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"/>. (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"/>. (military) A member of a military group. The fifth tank brigade moved in with 20 units. (i.e., 20 tanks) (algebra) An element of a ring having a multiplicative inverse. (Formerly just the identity element 1R of a ring.) (commerce) An item which may be sold singly. We shipped nearly twice as many units this month as last month. (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) For each unit. We have to keep our unit costs down if we want to make a profit. (math) Having a size or magnitude of one. All solutions lie within the unit disc centered at the origin. Translations:         Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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