Individual part

noun

1. The first and least natural number one
2. A single quantity regarded as a whole in calculation
3. An amount of work used in education in calculating student credits
4. An amount of a biologically active agent (such as a drug or antigen) required to produce a specific result see also international unit
5. A single thing, person, or group that is a constituent of a whole
6. A part of a military establishment that has a prescribed organization (as of personnel and matériel)
7. A piece or complex of apparatus serving to perform one particular function
8. A part of a school course focusing on a central theme
9. A local congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses
10. A small molecule especially when combined in a larger molecule

    "repeating units of a polymer"

11. An area in a medical facility and especially a hospital that is specially staffed and equipped to provide a particular type of care

    "an intensive care unit"

adjective

1. Being, relating to, or measuring one unit

noun

1. The simplest polyhedron that embodies all the structural characteristics of and by indefinite repetition makes up the lattice of a crystal

noun

1. A natural character inherited on an all-or-none basis

noun

1. A circle having a radius of 1

noun

1. The limiting membrane of cells and various organelles viewed formerly as a 3-layered structure with an inner lipid layer and two outer protein layers and currently as a fluid phospholipid bilayer with intercalating proteins

noun

1. A rule under which a delegation to a national political convention casts its entire vote as a unit as determined by a majority vote

noun

1. A railway train that transports a single commodity directly from producer to consumer

noun

1. Mutual fund
2. An investment company whose portfolio consists of long-term bonds that are held to maturity

noun

1. A unit of measurement that relates to or can be derived in the simplest manner from the fundamental units of length, mass, and time

   "Many people use the term decibel as if it were an absolute unit for measuring the amplitude of electrical audio signals. However, that is not correct. When used with electrical audio signals, decibels express the ratio of two values."

2. An impressively large person or thing

   "The internet is being regaled by the sight of an absolute unit of a walrus struggling to board a boat."

3. a unit of measurement that relates to or can be derived in the simplest manner from the fundamental units of length, mass, and time
4. an impressively large person or thing