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Meaning of unit

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  unit
      n 1: any division of quantity accepted as a standard of
           measurement or exchange; "the dollar is the United States
           unit of currency"; "a unit of wheat is a bushel"; "change
           per unit volume" [syn: {unit of measurement}, {unit}]
      2: an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded
         as a structural or functional constituent of a whole; "the
         reduced the number of units and installations"; "the word is
         a basic linguistic unit"
      3: an organization regarded as part of a larger social group;
         "the coach said the offensive unit did a good job"; "after
         the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit" [syn:
         {unit}, {social unit}]
      4: a single undivided whole; "an idea is not a unit that can be
         moved from one brain to another"
      5: a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition
         of something else; "units of nucleic acids" [syn: {unit},
         {building block}]
      6: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity;
         "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a
         unit" [syn: {whole}, {unit}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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