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unit
English
Etymology
Formerly unite, a later form of unity; see unity.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ju?.n?t/
- Rhymes: -u?n?t
Noun
unit (plural units)
- (mathematics) Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one. [from 16th c.]
- 1570, John Dee, in H. Billingsley (trans.) Euclid, Elements of Geometry, Preface:
- Number, we define, to be, a certayne Mathematicall S?me, of Vnits. [Note the worde, Vnit, to expresse the Greke Monas, & not Vnitie: as we haue all, commonly, till now, vsed.]
- 1570, John Dee, in H. Billingsley (trans.) Euclid, Elements of Geometry, Preface:
- (sciences) A standard measure of a quantity.
- The number one.
- Clipping of international unit.
- An organized group comprising people and/or equipment.
- (military, informal) A member of a military organization.
- (US, military) Any military element whose structure is prescribed by competent authority, such as a table of organization and equipment; specifically, part of an organization.
- (US, military) An organization title of a subdivision of a group in a task force.
- (US, military) A standard or basic quantity into which an item of supply is divided, issued, or detailed. In this meaning, also called unit of issue.
- (US, military) With regard to Reserve Components of the Armed Forces, denotes a Selected Reserve unit organized, equipped, and trained for mobilization to serve on active duty as a unit or to augment or be augmented by another unit. Headquarters and support functions without wartime missions are not considered units.
- (algebra) The identity element, neutral element.
- (algebra) An element having an inverse, an invertible element; an associate of the unity.
- Hypernym: regular element
- (category theory) In an adjunction, a natural transformation from the identity functor of the domain of the left adjoint functor to the composition of the right adjoint functor with the left adjoint functor.
- (geology) A volume of rock or ice of identifiable origin and age range that is defined by the distinctive and dominant, easily mapped and recognizable petrographic, lithologic or paleontologic features (facies) that characterize it.
- (commerce) An item which may be sold singly.
- (Britain) A unit of alcohol.
- (Britain, electricity) One kilowatt-hour (as recorded on an electricity meter).
- (US, Australia, New Zealand) a measure of housing equivalent to the living quarters of one household; an apartment where a group of apartments is contained in one or more multi-storied buildings or a group of dwellings is in one or more single storey buildings, usually arranged around a driveway.
- (historical) A gold coin of the reign of James I, worth twenty shillings.
- A work unit.
- (Britain, Australia, slang) A physically large person.
- 2018, 11 December, BBC News, Aylesbury goalkeeper, 14, dies after match injury
- Luca's father, Americo Campanaro, said: "I feel like my heart has been ripped out."
Mr Campanaro added: "He was a big lad, a big unit, that's why he was a goalkeeper, with a big heart to match. A gentle giant."
- Luca's father, Americo Campanaro, said: "I feel like my heart has been ripped out."
- 2018, 11 December, BBC News, Aylesbury goalkeeper, 14, dies after match injury
Synonyms
- (identity element): identity element, unity, unit element
Hyponyms
- (chip): arithmetic logic unit
Translations
Adjective
unit (not comparable)
- For each unit.
- We have to keep our unit costs down if we want to make a profit.
- (mathematics) Having a size or magnitude of one.
- 1990, William W. S. Wei, Time Series Analysis, ?ISBN, page 9:
- Consider the following time sequence
- ,
- where is a random variable with a zero mean and a unit variance and is a random variable with a uniform distribution on the interval independent of .
- Consider the following time sequence
- 1990, William W. S. Wei, Time Series Analysis, ?ISBN, page 9:
Translations
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- unit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- unit in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- unit at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- uint
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /u?nit/
- Rhymes: -it
Adjective
unit (feminine unida, masculine plural units, feminine plural unides)
- united
Derived terms
- Emirats Àrabs Units
- Estats Units
- Estats Units d'Amèrica
- Regne Unit
Verb
unit m (feminine unida, masculine plural units, feminine plural unides)
- past participle of unir
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /y.ni/
Verb
unit
- third-person singular present indicative of unir
- third-person singular past historic of unir
Anagrams
- nuit
Indonesian
Etymology
From English unit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??n?t?]
- Hyphenation: unit
Noun
unit (first-person possessive unitku, second-person possessive unitmu, third-person possessive unitnya)
- unit:
- (mathematics) oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
- Synonym: satuan
- (sciences) a standard measure of a quantity.
- (mathematics) oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
Classifier
unit
- Classifier for singularity.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “unit” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Verb
?nit
- third-person singular present active indicative of ?ni?
Occitan
Pronunciation
Verb
unit
- past participle of unir
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [u?nit]
Participle
unit
- past participle of uni
Declension
Welsh
Alternative forms
- unet (colloquial)
- unset (colloquial)
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /???n?t/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /?i?n?t/, /??n?t/
Verb
unit
- (literary) second-person singular imperfect/conditional of uno
Mutation
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article
English
Etymology
From Middle English article, from Old French article, from Latin articulus (“a joint, limb, member, part, division, the article in grammar, a point of time”), from Latin artus, from Proto-Indo-European *h?értus (“that which is fit together; juncture, ordering”), from the root *h?er- (“to join, fit (together)”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???t?k?l/, [???t??k???]
- (General American) IPA(key): /???t?k?l/, /???t?kl?/, [??(?)???k?]
- Rhymes: -??(?)t?k?l
Noun
article (plural articles)
- A piece of nonfictional writing such as a story, report, opinion piece, or entry in a newspaper, magazine, journal, dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.
- An object, a member of a group or class.
- (grammar) A part of speech that indicates, specifies and limits a noun (a, an, or the in English). In some languages the article may appear as an ending (e.g. definite article in Swedish) or there may be none (e.g. Russian, Pashto).
- A section of a legal document, bylaws, etc. or, in the plural, the entire document seen as a collection of these.
- A genuine article.
- A part or segment of something joined to other parts, or, in combination, forming a structured set.
- 1785, William Paley, Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy
- upon each article of human duty
- 1794, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia
- the different articles which compose the blood
- 1785, William Paley, Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy
- (derogatory, dated) A person; an individual.
- a shrewd article
- (archaic) A wench.
- (dated) Subject matter; concern.
- a very great revolution that happened in this article of good breeding
- 1722, Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year
- This last article perhaps will hardly be believed.
- (dated) A distinct part.
- (obsolete) A precise point in time; a moment.
- 1683, John Evelyn, Diary, 13 July 1683.
- This fatal news coming to Hick's Hall upon the article of my Lord Russell's trial, was said to have had no little influence on the jury and all the bench to his prejudice.
- 1805, Charles Hall, The Effects of Civilisation on the People in European States, Original Preface:
- […] who has more opportunities of acquiring the knowledge, than a physician? He is admitted into the dwellings of all ranks of people, and into the innermost parts of them; he sees them by their fireside, at their tables, and in their beds; he sees them at work, and at their recreations; he sees them in health, in sickness, and in the article of death; […]
- 1634, William Habington, Castara
- each article of time
- 1683, John Evelyn, Diary, 13 July 1683.
Derived terms
Related terms
- articulate
- articulation
Translations
Verb
article (third-person singular simple present articles, present participle articling, simple past and past participle articled)
- (transitive) To bind by articles of apprenticeship.
- to article an apprentice to a mechanic
- 1876, Sabine Baring-Gould, The Vicar of Morwenstow, Chapter LIV
- When the boy left school at Liskeard, he was articled to a lawyer, Mr. Jacobson, at Plymouth, a wealthy man in good practice, first cousin to his mother; but this sort of profession did not at all approve itself to Robert's taste, and he only remained with Mr. Jacobson a few months.
- (obsolete) To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles or accusations.
- 1665, Samuel Pepys, Diary, March 1665
- At noon dined alone with Sir W. Batten, where great discourse of Sir W. Pen, Sir W. Batten being, I perceive, quite out of love with him, thinking him too great and too high, and began to talk that the world do question his courage, upon which I told him plainly I have been told that he was articled against for it, and that Sir H. Vane was his great friend therein.
- 1793, Manning of the Navy Act (Statutes of George III 33 c. 66) ¶VIII[2]:
- […] if the Captain of any Merchant ship under convoy shall wilfully disobey Signals […] he shall be liable to be articled against in the High Court of Admiralty […]
- 1665, Samuel Pepys, Diary, March 1665
- To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars.
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
- If […] all his errors and follies were articled against him, the man would seem vicious and miserable.
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
Derived terms
- articled clerk
Further reading
- article in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- article in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- clairet, lacerti, recital
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin articulus. Compare the inherited doublet artell.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /???ti.kl?/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?r?ti.kl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a??ti.kle/
Noun
article m (plural articles)
- article (a piece of nonfictional writing)
- (grammar) article
Derived terms
- article determinat
- article definit
Further reading
- “article” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “article” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “article” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “article” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Old French article, borrowed from Latin articulus. Compare the inherited doublet orteil.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a?.tikl/
Noun
article m (plural articles)
- article (a piece of nonfictional writing)
- (grammar) article
- merchandise, sales article
- section (of a law)
- (dated) joint, articulation
- moment (only in the phrase à l'article de la mort)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “article” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Occitan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin articulus.
Pronunciation
Noun
article m (plural articles)
- article (a piece of nonfictional writing)
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin articulus.
Noun
article m (oblique plural articles, nominative singular articles, nominative plural article)
- (anatomy) joint; articulation
- (religion) article (of faith)
- article (clause in a legal document or treaty)
Usage notes
- Occasionally used as a feminine noun
Descendants
- French: article
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (article, supplement)
- article on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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