Dictionary Check: unit
"unit" is a valid word!
Scrabble
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Words with Friends
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Definition
noun
any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
Example:
"the dollar is the United States unit of currency"
noun
an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole
Example:
"they reduced the number of units and installations"
noun
an organization regarded as part of a larger social group
Example:
"the coach said the offensive unit did a good job"
noun
a single undivided whole
Example:
"an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another"
noun
a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
Example:
"units of nucleic acids"
noun
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity
Example:
"how big is that part compared to the whole?"
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