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unit 1. a mechanical part or integrated assembly of parts that performs a subsidiary function 2. a complete system, apparatus, or establishment that performs a specific function 3. the amount of a drug, vaccine, etc., needed to produce a particular effect 4. a standard measure used in calculating alcohol intake and its effect 5. Maths a. the first position in a place-value counting system, representing a single-digit number b. having a value defined as one for the system 6. Maths logic a set having a single member 7. NZ a self-propelled railcar www.psigate.ac.uk/newsite/reference/units.html www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/dictunit/dictunit.htm www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/index.html unit [′yü·nət] (engineering) An assembly or device capable of independent operation, such as a radio receiver, cathode-ray oscilloscope, or computer subassembly that performs some inclusive operation or function. (mathematics) An element of a ring with identity that has both a left inverse and a right inverse. (ordnance) Any military element whose structure is prescribed by competent authority, such as a table of organization and equipment; specifically, part of an organization. A standard of basic quantity into which an item of supply is divided, issued, or used. (physics) A quantity adopted as a standard of measurement. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| But, to speak more generally, that which is individual and has the character of a unit is never predicable of a subject. However, since he seems a friend of yours, here goes--" And with the gladdest, most grateful sound in the world, the happy smack of a fish back home again in the water, after an appalling three minutes spent on land, that prophetic trout was once more an active unit in God's populous universe. It was obvious that to him Blanche Stroeve was only a unit to be added to the statistical list of attempted suicides in the city of Paris during the current year. |
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