DICTOMETER

UNIT

(unit, utensilio, apparat, enhet, innretning, komponent, redskap)

1. Synonyms:
   • Unit of measurement
   • Unit
   Definitions:
   • any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
   Examples:
   • The dollar is the United States unit of currency
   • A unit of wheat is a bushel
   • Change per unit volume
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Unit
   Definitions:
   • an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole
   Examples:
   • The reduced the number of units and installations
   • The word is a basic linguistic unit
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Unit
   • Social unit
   Definitions:
   • an organization regarded as part of a larger social group
   Examples:
   • The coach said the offensive unit did a good job
   • After the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Unit
   Definitions:
   • a single undivided whole
   Examples:
   • An idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Unit
   • Building block
   Definitions:
   • a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
   Examples:
   • Units of nucleic acids
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Whole
   • Unit
   Definitions:
   • an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity
   Examples:
   • How big is that part compared to the whole?
   • The team is a unit