unit

Noun

• an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity
  • how big is that part compared to the whole?
    
  • the team is a unit
    

• a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
  • units of nucleic acids
    

• a single undivided whole
  • an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another
    

• an organization regarded as part of a larger social group
  • the coach said the offensive unit did a good job
    
  • after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit
    

• an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole
  • the reduced the number of units and installations
    
  • the word is a basic linguistic unit
    

• any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
  • the dollar is the United States unit of currency
    
  • a unit of wheat is a bushel
    
  • change per unit volume
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  whole , building block , social unit , unit of measurement