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Unit

Unit may refer to:

In '''mathematics: Unit vector, a vector with length equal to 1
Unit circle, the circle with radius equal to 1, centered at the origin
Unit interval, the interval of all real numbers between 0 and 1
Imaginary unit, ''i'', whose square is -1
Root of unity, a complex number, a power of which is 1
Unit (ring theory), an element that is invertible with respect to ring multiplication
Unit type, a type that allows only one value
In category theory, a natural transformation (called the unit) from the identity functor to the composition of two adjoint functors
In statistics, a unit is one member of the class of objects being studied

In '''science and technology: Unit of measurement, a fundamental quantity of measurement
In biochemistry, a unit is the measure of enzyme activity
Unit of electricity, one kilowatt hour of mains electricity
Units conversion by factor-label, a widely used approach for performing Conversion of units
Unit (chemical engineering), a unit is a vessel or pipe in a chemical plant (see unit operation)
Units (software), a cross-platform command-line computer program that does unit conversion
Functional unit, a component of a computer system such as the CPU
In blood transfusion, one unit of blood is equal to one pint
Unit of alcohol, 10 millilitres of pure ethanol in the United Kingdom
In a 19-inch rack a ''rack unit'' is a standard height of 1.75 inches (4.45 cm)
In computer programming, unit testing is a method of testing that verifies the individual units of source code are working properly.

In '''entertainment and the arts: UNIT - the Unified Intelligence Taskforce in Doctor Who
Unit (album), an indie pop album by the Australian band ''Regurgitator''
G-Unit, a hip-hop music group
The Units, a synthpunk band from San Francisco from 1978 to 1984
''The Unit'', an American television series
Second unit, a team that shoots footage which is of lesser importance for the final motion picture
Unit of action, a discrete piece of action (or beat) in a theatrical presentation
UNIT Post Production, a post production company, based in Soho, London
Unit (art collective), a British artists' collective

In '''other uses: Unit (housing), in Australia/New Zealand - a self-contained suite of rooms within a set of similar dwellings
A unit, or apartment, can refer to a self-contained section of a building to be rented or otherwise occupied by a party
Multiple unit, a passenger train whose carriages have their own motors
Military units, including:
Unit 101, an Israeli special operations unit
Unit 731, a covert medical experiment unit of the Imperial Japanese Army
Unit 1391, an Israeli torture facility
Strategic business unit
In real time strategy games, a '''unit''' describes an individual (or squad, depending on the game) infantry or vehicle.

See also

UNITA
Subunit

Source: Wikipedia

Translation

The word "Unit" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Simple English.

Translation(s) in other languages: Arabic: وحدة, Catalan: Unitat, Danish: Enhed (flertydig), German: Einheit, Esperanto: Unuo, Spanish: Unidad, Persian: واحد, French: Unité, Hebrew: יחידה, Hungarian: Egység, Ido: Unajo, Italian: Unità, Japanese: 単位, Korean: 단위, Polish: Jednostka, Slovenian: Enota, Chinese: 單位.


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