unit
nouns
any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
"the dollar is the United States unit of currency"; "a unit of wheat is a bushel"; "change per unit volume"
an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole
"the reduced the number of units and installations"; "the word is a basic linguistic unit"
is a type of (narrower)
something determined in relation to something that includes it
"he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton"
an organization regarded as part of a larger social group
"the coach said the offensive unit did a good job"; "after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit"
is derived from
a single undivided whole
"an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another"
is a type of (narrower)
all of something including all its component elements or parts
"Europe considered as a whole"; "the whole of American literature"
a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
"units of nucleic acids"
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