Unit vs. Unity

Unitnoun

(mathematics) Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.

Unitnoun

(sciences) A standard measure of a quantity.

Unitnoun

The number one.

Unitnoun

An organized group comprising people and/or equipment.

Unitnoun

A member of a military organization.

Unitnoun

Any military element whose structure is prescribed by competent authority, such as a table of organization and equipment; specifically, part of an organization.

Unitnoun

An organization title of a subdivision of a group in a task force.

Unitnoun

A standard or basic quantity into which an item of supply is divided, issued, or detailed. In this meaning, also called unit of issue.

Unitnoun

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.

Unitnoun

(algebra) The identity element, neutral element.

Unitnoun

(algebra) An element having an inverse, an invertible element; an associate of the unity.

Unitnoun

(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.

Unitnoun

(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.

Unitnoun

(commerce) An item which may be sold singly.

Unitnoun

(UK) A unit of alcohol.

Unitnoun

One kilowatt-hour (as recorded on an electricity meter).

Unitnoun

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.

Unitnoun

(historical) A gold coin of the reign of James I, worth twenty shillings.

Unitnoun

A work unit.

Unitnoun

A physically large person.

Unitadjective

For each unit.

Unitadjective

(mathematics) Having a size or magnitude of one.

Unitnoun

A single thing or person.

Unitnoun

The least whole number; one.

Unitnoun

A gold coin of the reign of James I., of the value of twenty shillings.

Unitnoun

Any determinate amount or quantity (as of length, time, heat, value) adopted as a standard of measurement for other amounts or quantities of the same kind.

Unitnoun

A single thing, as a magnitude or number, regarded as an undivided whole.

Unitnoun

any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange;

Unitnoun

an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole;

Unitnoun

an organization regarded as part of a larger social group;

Unitnoun

a single undivided whole;

Unitnoun

a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else;

Unitnoun

an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity;

Unitynoun

(uncountable) Oneness; the state or fact of being one undivided entity.

Unitynoun

Agreement; harmony.

Unitynoun

A single undivided thing, seen as complete in itself.

Unitynoun

(drama) Any of the three classical rules of drama: unity of action (nothing should be admitted not directly relevant to the development of the plot), unity of place (the scenes should be set in the same place), and unity of time (all the events should be such as might happen within a single day).

Unitynoun

(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.

Unitynoun

(legal) The peculiar characteristics of an estate held by several in joint tenancy.

Unitynoun

(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.

Unitynoun

The state of being one; oneness.

Unitynoun

Concord; harmony; conjunction; agreement; uniformity; as, a unity of proofs; unity of doctrine.

Unitynoun

Any definite quantity, or aggregate of quantities or magnitudes taken as one, or for which 1 is made to stand in calculation; thus, in a table of natural sines, the radius of the circle is regarded as unity.

Unitynoun

In dramatic composition, one of the principles by which a uniform tenor of story and propriety of representation are preserved; conformity in a composition to these; in oratory, discourse, etc., the due subordination and reference of every part to the development of the leading idea or the eastablishment of the main proposition.

Unitynoun

Such a combination of parts as to constitute a whole, or a kind of symmetry of style and character.

Unitynoun

The peculiar characteristics of an estate held by several in joint tenancy.

Unitynoun

an unreduced or unbroken completeness or totality

Unitynoun

the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number;

Unitynoun

the quality of being united into one