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Euclid, Elements of Geometry, Preface:\nNumber, we define, to be, a certayne Mathematicall Sũme, of Vnits." }, { "mean": "(sciences) A standard measure of a quantity.\nThe centimetre is a unit of length." }, { "mean": "The number one." }, { "mean": "Ellipsis of international unit.\nThis pill provides 500 units of Vitamin E." }, { "mean": "An organized group comprising people and/or equipment.\nHe was a member of a special police unit." }, { "mean": "(military, informal) A member of a military organization.\nThe fifth tank brigade moved in with 20 units. (i.e., 20 tanks)" }, { "mean": "(commerce) An item which may be sold singly.\nWe shipped nearly twice as many units this month as last month." }, { "mean": "(US, UK, Australia, New Zealand) any piece of equipment, such as an appliance, power tool, stereo system, computer, tractor, or machinery.\nThis air-conditioner is the most efficient unit we sell." }, { "mean": "(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.\nThe new apartment complex will have 50 units." }, { "mean": "(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." }, { "mean": "(US, military) An organization title of a subdivision of a group in a task force." }, { "mean": "(US, military) A standard or basic quantity into which an item of supply is divided, issued, or detailed. 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