single unit

collocation in English

meaningsofsingleandunit

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single
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪŋ.ɡəl/us
/ˈsɪŋ.ɡəl/
one ...
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unit
noun
uk
/ˈjuː.nɪt/us
/ˈjuː.nɪt/
a single thing or a separate part of ...
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(Definition ofsingleandunitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsingle unit

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The pericarp was weighed as asingleunit.
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At the word level, stems and their affixes are bracketed together as asingleunit.
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Thus, the present experiment is complementary tosingleunitand intracellular studies.
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During this period, the colony moved between roost sites as asingleunit.
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Similar sounding materials after the attack may be perceptually grouped as asingleunit.
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The religious houses were not asingleunitoffering a centrally controlled structure of poor relief.
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Also, this score treated a vowel and its tone as asingleunit.
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Quantitative study of striatesingleunitresponses in monkeys per forming an orientation discrimination task.
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Costs are expressed in monetary units and effectiveness is expressed in somesingleunitof effectiveness.
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However, one should consider that studies of coding receive a strong bias fromsingleunitrecording strategies themselves.
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In brief, upon isolation of asingleunit, the corresponding receptive field was mapped and centered on a monitor.
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In round 1, the comment t'appelles-tu chunk is used as asingleunit(with second-person reference).
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