n.
- an individual thing or person regarded as single and complete but also able to form a individual component of a larger whole.
▸a self-contained section of a building or group of buildings.
▸a subdivision of a larger military grouping.
▸a self-contained part of an educational course.
▸a single manufactured item.
- a device or part with a specified function.
- a standard quantity in terms of which other quantities may be expressed.
- one as a number or quantity.
Derivative
Etymology
C16: from L. unus, prob. suggested by digit.