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noun (n)

• any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange(noun.quantity)

  Example:
  The dollar is the United States unit of currency.
  A unit of wheat is a bushel.
  Change per unit volume.
  

  Synonym:
  unit of measurement
  

  source: wordnet30
• an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole(noun.linkdef)

  Example:
  The reduced the number of units and installations.
  The word is a basic linguistic unit.
  

  source: wordnet30
• an organization regarded as part of a larger social group(noun.group)

  Example:
  The coach said the offensive unit did a good job.
  After the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit.
  

  Synonym:
  social unit
  

  source: wordnet30
• a single undivided whole(noun.cognition)

  Example:
  An idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else(noun.object)

  Example:
  Units of nucleic acids.
  

  Synonym:
  building block
  

  source: wordnet30
• an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity(noun.tops)

  Example:
  The team is a unit.
  

  Synonym:
  whole
  

  source: wordnet30
• A single thing or person.(noun)

  source: webster1913