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Unit may refer to: In '''mathematics:
- Unit vector, a vector (geometry)|vector with length equal to 1
- Unit circle, the circle with radius equal to 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, a natural transformation (called the unit) from the identity functor to the composition of two adjoint functors In '''science and technology:
- Units of measurement|Unit of measurement, a fundamental quantity of measurement
- In biochemistry, a unit is the measure of enzyme assay|enzyme activity
- 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 blood transfusion, one unit of blood is equal to one pint
- Unit of alcohol, 10 millilitres of pure ethanol in the United Kingdom
- In a 19-inch rack a ''rack unit'' is a standard height of 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 '''other uses:
- 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 units, 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
- In real time strategy games, a '''unit''' describes an individual (or squad, depending on the game) infantry or vehicle. simple:Unit

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