Unit

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Unit may refer to:

Science, technology, and medicine

Unit of measurement, a definite magnitude of a physical quantity, defined and adopted by convention or by law
Astronomical unit, a unit of length roughly between the Earth and the Sun
Blood unit, a measurement in blood transfusion is approximately 470ml ^[1]
English units, a historical units of measurement used in England up to 1824
Enzyme unit, a measurement of active enzyme in a sample
Equivalent (chemistry), a unit of measurement used in chemistry and biology
Geological unit or rock unit, a volume of identifiable rock or ice
GNU Units, a software program for unit conversion
International unit, a unit of measurement for nutrients and drugs
Natural unit, a physical unit of measurement
Statistical unit, a data point on which statistical analysis is performed
Unit testing, a method by which individual units of source code
Unit, a vessel or section of a chemical plant or other industrial plant where a step in a production process called a unit operation takes place
Central processing unit, the electronic circuitry within a computer that carries out the instructions of a computer program

Mathematics

Identity element
1 (number), the number 1
Unit (ring theory), an element that is invertible with respect to ring multiplication
Unit round-off, an upper bound on the relative error due to rounding in floating point arithmetic
Unit angle, a full turn equal to an angle of 1
Unit circle, a circle with a radius of length 1
Unit cube, a cube with sides of length 1
Unit impulse, an impulse of height 1
Unit interval, an interval of distance 1
Unit set, a singleton, a set with exactly 1 element
Unit sphere, a sphere with a radius of length 1
Unit square, a square with sides of length 1
Unit type, a type allowing only one value in type theory
Unit vector, a vector with length equal to 1
A tuple of length 0; an empty tuple

Entertainment and the arts

UNIT, a fictional military organization in the science fiction television series Doctor Who
The Unit, an American television series
Unit of action, a discrete piece of action (or beat) in a theatrical presentation

Music

Unit (album), 1997 album by the Australian band Regurgitator
Unit (Cristian Fleming) (born 1974), electronic musician based in New York City
The Units, a synthpunk band

Other uses

Unit (housing), a self-contained suite of rooms within a set of similar dwellings
Unit of account, a monetary unit of measurement
Unit of alcohol, a measure of the volume of pure ethanol in an alcoholic beverage
Active service unit, the former Provisional Irish Republican Army cell
Head unit, a component of a stereo system mounted inside of a vehicle
Military unit, a homogeneous military organization whose administrative and command functions are self-contained
Multiple unit, self-propelled train carriage capable of coupling other units of the same type
Strategic business unit, a profit center which focuses on product offering and market segment
Work unit, the name given to a place of employment in the People's Republic of China
A course credit at a school or other educational institution
The field goal unit in North American football

References

↑ "Blood donation (giving blood) - What happens". N.H.S. Choices. N.H.S. / U.K. Government. Retrieved 3 December 2015.

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