Unit

(ü'nit.) [From L. unit as, onene .] (Math.) Any known determinate quantity, by the constant repetition of which any other quantity of the same kind is measured.- Unit of power. (Mech.) In steam engines, the power required to raise 33,000 lbs. per foot per minute. U. of work, the measure of any amount of work calculated at the rate of pre ure of one pound per foot, such pre ure operating in the direction in which the space is described. [s. 919]