unit
Definitions
noun
Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
Number, we define, to be, a certayne Mathematicall Sũme, of Vnits. [Note the worde, Vnit, to expresse the Greke Monas, & not Vnitie: as we haue all, commonly, till now, vsed.]
A standard measure of a quantity or magnitude.
The centimetre is a unit of length.
The pound sterling is a unit of currency.
The number one.
Ellipsis of international unit.
This pill provides 500 units of Vitamin E.
An organized group comprising people and/or equipment.
He was a member of a special police unit.
adj
For each unit.
We have to keep our unit costs down if we want to make a profit.
Having a size or magnitude of one.
Consider the following time sequence Z_t=A sin (ωt+θ), where A is a random variable with a zero mean and a unit variance and θ is a random variable with a uniform distribution on the interval [-π,π] independent of A.