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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
unit From the web:
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- what unit is volume measured in
ingredient
English
Etymology
From Middle French ingredient, from Latin ingrediens, present participle of ingredior (“I go or enter into or onto”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n???i?di.?nt/
- Hyphenation: in?gre?di?ent
Noun
ingredient (plural ingredients)
- One of the substances present in a mixture, especially food.
- By way of analysis we may proceed from compounds to ingredients.
- 1730, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments
- Water is the chief ingredient in all the animal fluids and solids.
Holonyms
- mixture
Related terms
- ingress
Translations
Further reading
- ingredient on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- ingredient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- ingredient in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin ingredi?ns.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /i?.???.di?ent/
- (Central) IPA(key): /i?.???.di?en/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /i?.??e.di?ent/
Noun
ingredient m (plural ingredients)
- ingredient
Further reading
- “ingredient” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “ingredient” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “ingredient” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “ingredient” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Middle French
Noun
ingredient m (plural ingrediens)
- ingredient
Romanian
Etymology
From French ingrédient
Noun
ingredient n (plural ingrediente)
- ingredient
Declension
ingredient From the web:
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- what ingredients are in the covid 19 vaccine
- what ingredients are in taco seasoning
- what ingredients to avoid in shampoo
- what ingredients are bad for hair
- what ingredients are in relief factor
- what ingredients are in the flu shot
- what ingredient causes hair loss
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