(US, military) A standard or basic quantity into which an item of supply is divided, issued, or used. 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.
(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.
“The 42-gallon barrel is still a standard unit of measurement in the oil industry.”
“Does the whole lipid always move as a single unit, or could its motion proceed segment by segment?”
“The art department is a separate unit of the Company's operations.”
unity
(uncountable)Oneness; the state or fact of being one undivided entity.
A single undivided thing, seen as complete in itself.
(drama) Any of the three classical rules of drama (unity of action, unity of place, and unity of time).
(mathematics) The number 1 or any element of a set or field that behaves under a given operation as the number 1 behaves under multiplication.
(law) The peculiar characteristics of an estate held by several in joint tenancy.
(Quakerism) The form of consensus in a Quaker meeting for business which signals that a decision has been reached. In order to achieve unity, everyone who does not agree with the decision must explicitly stand aside, possibly being recorded in the minutes as doing so.
(Britain, historical) A Britishgoldcoin worth 20 shillings, first produced during the reign of King James I, and bearing a legend indicating the king's intention of uniting the kingdoms of England and Scotland.