Read the dictionary definition of unit. All definitions for this word.
1. an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity
1. how big is that part compared to the whole?
2. the team is a unit
2. a single undivided whole
1. an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another
3. an organization regarded as part of a larger social group
1. the coach said the offensive unit did a good job
2. after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit
4. a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
1. units of nucleic acids
5. any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
1. the dollar is the United States unit of currency
2. a unit of wheat is a bushel
3. change per unit volume
6. an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole
1. the reduced the number of units and installations
2. the word is a basic linguistic unit