(mathematics) Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
1570, John Dee, in H. Billingsley (trans.) Euclid, Elements of Geometry, Preface:
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(sciences) A standard measure of a quantity or magnitude.
: Number, we define, to be, a certayne Mathematicall Sũme, of Vnits. [Note the worde, Vnit, to expresse the Greke Monas, & not Vnitie: as we haue all, commonly, till now, vsed.]
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(computing) A basic, self-contained component or module that performs a specific function inside a computer system.
The centimetre is a unit of length.
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