unit
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(noun) a single undivided whole; "an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another" |
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Related Words: one, whole |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: social unit |
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Related Words: Trojan horse, administrative unit, combination, company, coronary care unit, crew, family, fifth column, force, gang, general delivery, home, house, household, instrumentality, member, menage, military force, military unit, organisation, organization, outfit, political unit, poste restante, scout group, scout troop, side, squad, task force, team, troop, work party, working group |
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(noun) a single undivided natural entity occurring in the composition of something else; "units of nucleic acids" |
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Synonyms: building block |
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Related Words: chain, chemical chain, couple, entity, something, unit cell |
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(noun) 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" |
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Related Words: component, component part, part, portion |
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(noun) a combination of interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the unit consists of a motor and a small computer" |
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Synonyms: system |
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Related Words: ADP system, ADPS, assemblage, assembly line, audio system, automatic data processing system, communication system, computer system, computing system, control system, data system, drainage system, exhaust, exhaust system, force feed, force-feed lubricating system, hookup, inertial guidance system, inertial navigation system, information system, instrumentality, instrumentation, labyrinth, line, lubricating system, maze, mechanical system, mesh, meshwork, net, network, pressure feed, pressure-feed lubricating system, production line, propulsion system, resonator, reticulation, scaffolding, shipboard system, sound system, synchromesh, ventilating system, ventilation, ventilation system |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: unit of measurement |
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Related Words: Brinell number, Karat, MFLOPS, MIPS, MegaFLOPS, absorption unit, acceleration unit, angular unit, area unit, bit, capacity measure, capacity unit, carat, computer memory unit, cubage unit, cubature unit, cubic content unit, cubic measure, definite quantity, displacement unit, electromagnetic unit, emu, energy unit, explosive unit, force unit, heat unit, langley, mass unit, megabit, metric unit, million floating point operations per second, million instructions per second, monetary unit, pain unit, point, pressure unit, printing unit, sound unit, square measure, telephone unit, temperature unit, unit of viscosity, volume unit, weight, weight unit, work unit |
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(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the repairman simply replaced the unit" |
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Synonyms: whole, whole thing |
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Related Words: aggregate, entity, hole, item, something, sum, total, totality |
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