1. (

• unit_of_measurement ,
• unit

) 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. (

• unit

) 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. (

• unit ,
• social_unit

) 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. (

• unit

) a single undivided whole; "an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another" ;

5. (

• unit ,
• building_block

) a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else; "units of nucleic acids" ;

6. (

• whole ,
• unit

) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit" ;