Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word unit. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in unit.
Definitions and meaning of unit
unit
Etymology
Formerly unite, a later form of unity; see unity.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈjuː.nɪt/, /ˈ(j)ɪu̯.nɪt/
Rhymes: -uːnɪt
Noun
unit (pluralunits)
(mathematics) Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one. [from 16th c.]
1570, John Dee, in H. Billingsley (trans.) Euclid, Elements of Geometry, Preface:
Number, we define, to be, a certayne Mathematicall Sũme, of Vnits. [Note the worde, Vnit, to expresse the Greke Monas, & not Vnitie: as we haue all, commonly, till now, vsed.]
(sciences) A standard measure of a quantity.
The number one.
Ellipsis of international unit.
An organized group comprising people and/or equipment.
(military, informal) A member of a military organization.
(commerce) An item which may be sold singly.
(US, UK, Australia, New Zealand) any piece of equipment, such as an appliance, power tool, stereo system, computer, tractor, or machinery.
(US, Australia, New Zealand) 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.
(medicine) A quantity of approximately 517 milliliters (1.1 U.S. pints) of blood.
(US, military) Any military element whose structure is prescribed by competent authority, such as a table of organization and equipment; specifically, part of an organization.
(US, military) An organization title of a subdivision of a group in a task force.
(US, military) A standard or basic quantity into which an item of supply is divided, issued, or detailed. In this meaning, also called unit of issue.
(US, military) 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.
(algebra) The identity element, neutral element.
(algebra) An element having an inverse, an invertible element; an associate of the unity.
Hypernym:regular element
(category theory) 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.
(geology) 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.
(UK) A unit of alcohol.
(UK, electricity) One kilowatt-hour (as recorded on an electricity meter).
(historical) A gold coin of the reign of James I, worth twenty shillings.
A work unit.
(UK, Australia, slang) A physically large person.
(US, slang, vulgar) A penis, especially a large one.
Synonyms
(identity element): identity element, unity, unit element
Hyponyms
(chip): arithmetic logic unit
(sciences): SI unit
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
unit (not comparable)
For each unit.
We have to keep our unit costs down if we want to make a profit.
(mathematics) Having a size or magnitude of one.
Consider the following time sequence
,
where is a random variable with a zero mean and a unit variance and is a random variable with a uniform distribution on the interval independent of .
Translations
References
Further reading
“unit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
“unit”, in The Century Dictionary[…], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
“unit”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
uint
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈʔunit/, [ˈʔu.n̪it]
Hyphenation: u‧nit
Noun
únit (Basahan spellingᜂᜈᜒᜆ᜔)
(Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon, anatomy) skin; scalp
Synonyms:kublit, balat
Catalan
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian)[uˈnit]
Rhymes: -it
Adjective
unit (feminineunida, masculine pluralunits, feminine pluralunides)
united
Derived terms
Emirats Àrabs Units
Estats Units
Estats Units d'Amèrica
Regne Unit
Participle
unit (feminineunida, masculine pluralunits, feminine pluralunides)
past participle of unir
French
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /y.ni/
Verb
unit
inflection of unir:
third-person singular present indicative
third-person singular past historic
Anagrams
nuit
Indonesian
Etymology
From Englishunit.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈʊnɪt̚]
Hyphenation: unit
Noun
unit (first-person possessiveunitku, second-person possessiveunitmu, third-person possessiveunitnya)
unit:
(mathematics) oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
Synonym:satuan
(sciences) a standard measure of a quantity.
Classifier
unit
Classifier for singularity.
Derived terms
Further reading
“unit” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Verb
ūnit
third-person singular present active indicative of ūniō
Occitan
Pronunciation
Verb
unit
past participle of unir
Romanian
Etymology
Past participle of uni.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [uˈnit]
Adjective
unitm or n (feminine singularunită, masculine pluraluniți, feminine and neuter pluralunite)
united
Declension
Verb
unit (past participle ofuni)
past participle of uni
Welsh
Alternative forms
unet(colloquial)
unset(colloquial)
Pronunciation
(North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɨ̞nɪt/
(South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈiːnɪt/, /ˈɪnɪt/
Verb
unit
(literary)second-person singular imperfect/conditional of uno