"unit" Definition

Definitions for the word "unit" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
A single thing or person.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
The least whole number; one.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
A gold coin of the reign of James I., of the value of twenty shillings.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
Any determinate amount or quantity (as of length, time, heat, value) adopted as a standard of measurement for other amounts or quantities of the same kind.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A single thing, as a magnitude or number, regarded as an undivided whole.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
1 a individual thing, person, or group, esp. For calculation. B smallest component of a complex whole. 2 quantity as a standard of measurement (unit of heat; si unit). 3 smallest share in a unit trust. 4 part of a mechanism with a specified function. 5 fitted item of furniture, esp. As part of a set. 6 subgroup with a special function. 7 group of buildings, wards, etc., in a hospital. 8 a single-digit number. B the number ‘one’. [latin unus one]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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