units

1. any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchangeExamples: "the dollar is the United States unit of currency"; "a unit of wheat is a bushel"; "change per unit volume"Synonyms: unit, unit of measurement

2. an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a wholeExamples: "the reduced the number of units and installations"; "the word is a basic linguistic unit"Synonyms: unit

3. an organization regarded as part of a larger social groupExamples: "the coach said the offensive unit did a good job"; "after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit"Synonyms: social unit, unit

4. a single undivided wholeExamples: "an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another"Synonyms: unit

5. a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something elseExamples: "units of nucleic acids"Synonyms: building block, unit

6. an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entityExamples: "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"Synonyms: unit, whole