Unit Meaning
/ˈjuː.nɪt/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounOneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
nounA standard measure of a quantity or magnitude.
Sentence Examples
The company plans to close its U.S. sales unit in New York.
A family is the smallest unit of society.
After 1946 the British Government treated the four territorial divisions as a single unit.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The technician replaced the faulty ____ in the machine to fix it.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A meter is a basic ____ of length in the metric system, and it is used around the entire world today.
Word Origin & History
Formerly unite, a later form of unity; see unity.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"An element 𝑒 of 𝑆 such that 𝑒𝑥 = 𝑥 = 𝑥𝑒 for all 𝑥 ∈ 𝑆 is called a unit element. (When the law of composition is written additively, the unit element is denoted by 0, and is called a zero element.)"
— 2005, Serge Lang, Algebra, 3rd edition, Springer, →ISBN, page 3:
"Let 𝐴 be an arbitrary integral domain. We say that an element 𝑎 ∈ 𝐴 is invertible or is a unit of 𝐴 if it has an inverse in 𝐴; in ℤ the units are ±1, […]"
— 1990, A. I. Kostrikin, I. R. Shafarevich, editors, Algebra I, Springer, →ISBN, page 22:
"For example, the Moenkopi Formation was named for the small settlement of Moenkopi, Arizona where the formation was first defined as being a separate unit from the rocks above and beneath it."
— 2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition:
"Luca's father, Americo Campanaro, said: "I feel like my heart has been ripped out."
Mr Campanaro added: "He was a big lad, a big unit, that's why he was a goalkeeper, with a big heart to match. A gentle giant.""
— 2018 December 11, “Aylesbury goalkeeper, 14, dies after match injury”, in BBC News:
"Consider the following time sequence
Z#95;t#61;A#92;sin(#92;omegat#43;#92;theta),
where A is a random variable with a zero mean and a unit variance and #92;theta is a random variable with a uniform distribution on the interval #91;-#92;pi,#92;pi#93; independent of A."
— 1990, William W. S. Wei, Time Series Analysis, →ISBN, page 9:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The technician replaced the faulty ____ in the machine to fix it.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A meter is a basic ____ of length in the metric system, and it is used around the entire world today.