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Unit

/ˈjuː.nɪt/

Unit is a noun and adjective with 5 senses listed below, each with examples where available, plus synonyms and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

noun
  1. 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.”
noun
  1. A particular, minute unit of mass, defined differently for different substances, but so that varying substances of the same general type have the property that one international unit of the one has the same effect on the human body as one international unit of the other.

Definitions from the Free Dictionary API

Synonyms identity element unit element unity IU

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