| Definitions | 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.
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