units

Meanings

Noun

• any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
• 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"
• an organization regarded as part of a larger social group
• a single undivided whole
• a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
  • "units of nucleic acids"
• an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity
• plural of unit

Synonyms

building block, social unit, unit, unit of measurement, whole