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. In this meaning, also called unit of issue. (i.e., 20 tanks)Īny military element whose structure is prescribed by competent authority, such as a table of organization and equipment specifically, part of an organization.Īn organization title of a subdivision of a group in a task force.Ī standard or basic quantity into which an item of supply is divided, issued or used. The fifth tank brigade moved in with 20 units. He was a member of a special police unit.Ī self-contained military organization usually a battalion, regiment or naval ship. Wiktionary (4.00 / 3 votes) Rate this definition:Įtymology: Formerly unite, a later form of unity see unity.Īn organized group comprising people and/or equipment. 'how big is that part compared to the whole?' 'the team is a unit' 'an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another'Ī single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something elseĪn assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity 'the coach said the offensive unit did a good job' 'after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit' 'the reduced the number of units and installations' 'the word is a basic linguistic unit'Īn organization regarded as part of a larger social group 'the dollar is the United States unit of currency' 'a unit of wheat is a bushel' 'change per unit volume'Īn individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole

Princeton's WordNet (3.11 / 19 votes) Rate this definition:Īny division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange

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