Unit Meaning

There are 6 meaning(s) for word Unit

Meaning 1 : an organization regarded as part of a larger social group

    Example : the coach said the offensive unit did a good job,after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit

    Synonyms : social unit
Meaning 2 : any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange

    Example : the dollar is the United States unit of currency,a unit of wheat is a bushel,change per unit volume

    Synonyms : unit of measurement
Meaning 3 : an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity

    Example : the team is a unit

    Synonyms : whole
Meaning 4 : a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else

    Example : units of nucleic acids

    Synonyms : building block
Meaning 5 : an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole

    Example : the reduced the number of units and installations,the word is a basic linguistic unit

Meaning 6 : a single undivided whole

    Example : an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another