Literary notes about unit (AI summary)
The word "unit" in literature is used in a variety of contexts to denote a single, cohesive element that forms part of a larger whole. It can refer to a structural or conceptual whole, as in the case of a trilogy being treated as a complete work rather than merely a series of plays [1] or the idea of the individual as an autonomous entity [2]. In scientific and technical writings, "unit" functions as a measurement standard or as a single component within a system, taking on roles from the bits of data in computing [3] to specific measures of length or weight [4, 5]. Social and organizational discourse frequently employs the term to describe entities such as the family, the military troop, or even entire communities that work together as one functional organism [6, 7]. Additionally, "unit" appears in metaphorical passages to emphasize the indivisibility of time, space, or human essence, demonstrating its broad and flexible application across literary genres [8].
- If the trilogy is considered as a unit, it answers not to Hamlet but to Cymbeline .
— from Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by A. C. Bradley - The natural man lives for himself; he is the unit, the whole, dependent only on himself and on his like.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Computer words and data are made-up of bits, the smallest unit of information.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno - A rod is a unit of linear measure equivalent to 5.5 yards and also a unit of area measure equivalent to 30.25 square yards.
— from The First Book of Adam and Eve by Rutherford Hayes Platt - [astronomical units of distance] astronomical unit, AU, light-year, parsec.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget - The family was not only the social unit, but also the unit of government.
— from The Soul of the Indian: An Interpretation by Charles Alexander Eastman - Wherever separate individuals act together as a unit, where they co-operate as though they were parts of the same organism, there he finds society.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - Psychology helped here by suggesting a unit--the point of history when man held the highest idea of himself as a unit in a unified universe.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams
