Unit vs. Suite
Difference Between Unit and Suite
Unitnoun
(mathematics) Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
Suitenoun
A retinue or company of attendants, as of a distinguished personage
the ambassador's suiteUnitnoun
(sciences) A standard measure of a quantity.
The centimetre is a unit of length.Suitenoun
A connected series or succession of objects; a number of things used or classed together
a suite of roomsa suite of mineralsUnitnoun
The number one.
Suitenoun
A group of connected rooms, usually separable from other rooms by means of access.
The Presidential suite is well appointed and allows for good security.Unitnoun
An organized group comprising people and/or equipment.
He was a member of a special police unit.Suitenoun
(music) A musical form, popular before the time of the sonata, consisting of a string or series of pieces all in the same key, mostly in various dance rhythms, with sometimes an elaborate prelude.
Unitnoun
A member of a military organization.
The fifth tank brigade moved in with 20 units. (i.e., 20 tanks)Suitenoun
(music) An excerpt of instrumental music from a larger work that contains other elements besides the music; for example, the Nutcracker Suite is the music (but not the dancing) from the ballet The Nutcracker, and the Carmen Suite is the instrumental music (but not the singing and dancing) from the opera Carmen.
Unitnoun
Any military element whose structure is prescribed by competent authority, such as a table of organization and equipment; specifically, part of an organization.
Suitenoun
(computing) A group of related computer programs distributed together.
Unitnoun
An organization title of a subdivision of a group in a task force.
Suitenoun
a musical composition of several movements only loosely connected
Unitnoun
A standard or basic quantity into which an item of supply is divided, issued, or detailed. In this meaning, also called unit of issue.
Suitenoun
apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
Unitnoun
With regard to Reserve Components of the Armed Forces, denotes a Selected Reserve unit organized, equipped, and trained for mobilization to serve on active duty as a unit or to augment or be augmented by another unit. Headquarters and support functions without wartime missions are not considered units.
Suitenoun
the group following and attending to some important person
Unitnoun
(algebra) The identity element, neutral element.
Suitenoun
a matching set of furniture
Unitnoun
(algebra) An element having an inverse, an invertible element; an associate of the unity.
Unitnoun
(category theory) In an adjunction, a natural transformation from the identity functor of the domain of the left adjoint functor to the composition of the right adjoint functor with the left adjoint functor.
Unitnoun
(geology) A volume of rock or ice of identifiable origin and age range that is defined by the distinctive and dominant, easily mapped and recognizable petrographic, lithologic or paleontologic features (facies) that characterize it.
Unitnoun
(commerce) An item which may be sold singly.
We shipped nearly twice as many units this month as last month.Unitnoun
(UK) A unit of alcohol.
Unitnoun
One kilowatt-hour (as recorded on an electricity meter).
Unitnoun
a measure of housing equivalent to the living quarters of one household; an apartment where a group of apartments is contained in one or more multi-storied buildings or a group of dwellings is in one or more single storey buildings, usually arranged around a driveway.
Unitnoun
(historical) A gold coin of the reign of James I, worth twenty shillings.
Unitnoun
A work unit.
Unitnoun
A physically large person.
Unitadjective
For each unit.
We have to keep our unit costs down if we want to make a profit.Unitadjective
(mathematics) Having a size or magnitude of one.
Unitnoun
any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange;
the dollar is the United States unit of currencya unit of wheat is a bushelchange per unit volumeUnitnoun
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 installationsthe word is a basic linguistic unitUnitnoun
an organization regarded as part of a larger social group;
the coach said the offensive unit did a good jobafter the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unitUnitnoun
a single undivided whole;
an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to anotherUnitnoun
a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else;
units of nucleic acidsUnitnoun
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
