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The word '''unit''' means any of several things:
;Science and technology
* [[Units of measurement]], a fundamental quantity of measurement
* [[Unit of alcohol]], 10 millilitres of pure ethanol in the United Kingdom
* [[Units conversion by factor-label]], a widely used approach for performing [[Conversion of units]]
* [[Chemical plant#Chemical processes|Unit (chemical engineering)]], a unit is a vessel or pipe in a chemical plant (see [[unit operation]])
* [[Units (Unix)]], a command-line computer program that does unit conversion
* [[Functional unit]], a component of a computer system such as the CPU
* In biochemistry, a unit is the measure of [[enzyme assay|enzyme activity]]
* In a [[19-inch rack]] a ''rack unit'' is a standard height of 1.75 inches
* In blood transfusion, one unit of [[blood]] is equal to one pint
In '''entertainment''':
* [[UNIT]] - the Unified Intelligence Taskforce in ''Doctor Who''
* [[Unit (album)]], an indie pop album by the Australian band ''Regurgitator''
* [[G-Unit]], a hip-hop music group
* [[The Units]], a synthpunk band from San Francisco from 1978 to 1984
* ''[[The Unit]]'', an American television series
* [[Second unit]], a team that shoots footage which is of lesser importance for the final motion picture
* [[Unit of action]], a discrete piece of action (or beat) in a theatrical presentation
In '''mathematics''':
* [[Unit vector]], a vector with length 1
* [[Unit circle]], the circle with radius 1 centered at the origin
* [[Unit interval]], the interval of all real numbers between 0 and 1
* [[Imaginary unit]], ''i'', whose square is -1
* [[Root of unity]], a complex number, a power of which is 1
* [[Unit (ring theory)]], an element that is invertible with respect to ring multiplication
* [[Unit type]], a type that allows only one value
* In [[category theory]], there is a [[natural transformation]] called the unit from the identity functor to the composition of two adjoint functors
;Other
* [[Unit (housing)]], in Australia/New Zealand - a self-contained suite of rooms within a set of similar dwellings
* A unit, or [[apartment]], can refer to a self-contained section of a building to be rented or otherwise occupied by a party
* [[Multiple unit]], a passenger train whose carriages have their own motors
* [[Military unit]]s, including:
** [[Unit 101]], an Israeli special operations unit
** [[Unit 731]], a covert medical experiment unit of the Imperial Japanese Army
** [[Camp 1391|Unit 1391]], an Israeli torture facility
* [[Strategic business unit]]
* [[Unit Corporation]], a United States oil and gas producer
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