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an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity
e.g. how big is that part compared to the whole?
e.g. the team is a unit
Synonym: whole
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a single undivided whole
e.g. an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another
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an organization regarded as part of a larger social group
e.g. the coach said the offensive unit did a good job
e.g. after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit
Synonym: social unit
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a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
e.g. units of nucleic acids
Synonym: building block
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any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
e.g. the dollar is the United States unit of currency
e.g. a unit of wheat is a bushel
e.g. change per unit volume
Synonym: unit of measurement
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an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole
e.g. the reduced the number of units and installations
e.g. the word is a basic linguistic unit
英语释义
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n. an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole
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n. an organization regarded as part of a larger social group
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n. a single undivided whole
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n. a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else