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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
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
4.
a single undivided whole
an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another
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a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
units of nucleic acids
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an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity
the team is a unit
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