unit

(Engels)

Noun

1. Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
2. A standard measure of a quantity or magnitude.
3. The number one.
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of international unit.
5. An organized group comprising people and/or equipment.
6. (informal) A member of a military organization.
7. An item which may be sold singly.
8. (Australia, New-Zealand, UK, US) Any piece of equipment, such as an appliance, power tool, stereo system, computer, tractor, or machinery.
9. A structure used to display goods for sale (usually containing shelves, pegs or hooks)
10. (Australia, New-Zealand, US) a measure of housing equivalent to the living quarters of one household; an apartment where a group of apartments is contained in one or more multi-storied buildings or a group of dwellings is in one or more single storey buildings, usually arranged around a driveway.
11. A quantity of approximately 517 milliliters (1.1 U.S. pints) of blood.
12. (US) Any military element whose structure is prescribed by competent authority, such as a table of organization and equipment; specifically, part of an organization.
13. (US) An organization title of a subdivision of a group in a task force.
14. (US) A standard or basic quantity into which an item of supply is divided, issued, or detailed. In this meaning, also called unit of issue.
15. (US) With regard to Reserve Components of the Armed Forces, denotes a Selected Reserve unit organized, equipped, and trained for mobilization to serve on active duty as a unit or to augment or be augmented by another unit. Headquarters and support functions without wartime missions are not considered units.
16. The identity element, neutral element.
17. An element having an inverse, an invertible element; an associate of the unity.
18. In an adjunction, a natural transformation from the identity functor of the domain of the left adjoint functor to the composition of the right adjoint functor with the left adjoint functor.
19. A volume of rock or ice of identifiable origin and age range that is defined by the distinctive and dominant, easily mapped and recognizable petrographic, lithologic or paleontologic features (facies) that characterize it.
20. (UK) A unit of alcohol.
21. (UK) One kilowatt-hour (as recorded on an electricity meter).
22. (historical) A gold coin of the reign of James I, worth twenty shillings.
23. A work unit.
24. (Australia, UK, slang) A physically large person.
25. (US, slang, vulgar) A penis, especially a large one.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) For each unit.
2. (not-comparable) Having a size or magnitude of one.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈjuː.nɪt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Formerly unite, a later form of unity; see unity.

Sinonieme

group

division

team

section

part

squad

department

set

force

class

component

detachment

shift

cell

body

unity

band

bunch

assembly

corps

whole

module

army

denomination

troops

device

building block

branch

element

unit of measurement

union

unit element

subdivision

subsystem

social unit

regiment

piece

machine

legions

monad

formation

hordes

block

command

combine

processor

echelon

entity

item

chunk

Vertalings

unité

Einheit

unidad

eenheid

unità

jednostka

unidade

μονάδα

unitat

afdeling

وَحْدَة

birim

groupe

detachement

brigata

Sinne

The unit was renamed Vega .

The psychiatric unit also operates out of this Annex .

This action resulted in a Presidential Unit Commendation .

The unit was later renamed to become the Royal Netherlands Motorized Infantry Brigade .