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unit
A	noun
	1	whole, whole thing, unit
			an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚whole, whole thing, unit ╚sum; total; totality; aggregate ╚item ╚artifact; artefact
	2	unit
			a single undivided whole; "an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚idea; thought ╚concept; conception; construct ╚whole ╚unit ╚one
	3	unit, social unit
			an organization regarded as part of a larger social group; "the coach said the offensive unit did a good job"; "after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit"
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚social group ╚organization; organisation ╚unit, social unit ╚den ╚team; squad ╚task force ╚military unit; military force; military group; force ╚member ╚intensive care unit; ICU ╚instrumentality ╚general delivery; poste restante ╚family; household; house; home; menage ╚company ╚administrative unit; administrative body ╚klavern
	4	unit, building block
			a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else; "units of nucleic acids"
		Category Tree: entity ╚thing ╚unit, building block ╚molecule ╚group; radical; chemical group ╚unit cell ╚couple ╚chain; chemical chain
	5	unit of measurement, unit
			any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange; "the dollar is the United States unit of currency"; "a unit of wheat is a bushel"; "change per unit volume"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚measure; quantity; amount ╚definite quantity ╚unit of measurement, unit ╚electromagnetic unit; emu ╚computer memory unit ╚volume unit; capacity unit; capacity measure; cubage unit; cubic measure; cubic content unit; displacement unit; cubature unit ╚area unit; square measure ╚angular unit ╚acceleration unit ╚absorption unit ╚Karat; carat ╚diopter ╚denier ╚measuring unit; measuring block
	6	unit
			an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole; "the reduced the number of units and installations"; "the word is a basic linguistic unit"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚part; portion; component part; component ╚unit

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