English

Noun

unit (plural units)

1. (scientific) A standard measure of a quantity.

   The centimetre is a unit of length.

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

   He was a member of a special police unit.

3. (military) A member of a military group.

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

4. (algebra) An element of a ring having a multiplicative inverse .
5. (commerce) An item which may be sold singly.

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

Synonyms

• (identity element): identity element, unit element

Translations

standard measure of a quantity

organized group comprising people and/or equipment

member of a larger military group

algebraic unit

item sold singly

Translatios to be checked

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• German: Einheit f
• Indonesian: satuan
• Korean: 단위 [單位] (danwi)
• Polish: jednostka f
• Slovak: jednotka f
• Spanish: unidad f

Adjective

unit (not comparable)

1. For each unit.

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

2. (mathematics) Having a size or magnitude of one.

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

Translations

for each unit

mathematical