Unit 31781 225597435 2008-07-14T14:06:19Z 213.115.98.218 {{wiktionarypar|unit}} 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 {{disambig}} [[ar:وحدة]] [[ca:Unitat]] [[da:Enhed (flertydig)]] [[de:Einheit]] [[eo:Unuo]] [[es:Unidad]] [[fa:واحد]] [[fr:Unité]] [[hu:Egység]] [[io:Unajo]] [[it:Unità]] [[ja:単位]] [[ko:단위]] [[pl:Jednostka]] [[simple:Unit]] [[sl:Enota]] [[zh:單位]] [[la:go suck a big one]]