facet vs unit

facet

noun
  • One of a series of things, such as steps in a project. 

  • The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column; a fillet. 

  • One member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans. 

  • A smooth circumscribed surface. 

  • Any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem. 

  • A face of codimension 1 of a polytope. 

  • A criterion that can be used to sort and filter, such as the colour or size of products in an online store. 

  • Any of the small joints at each segment of the spine that provide stability and help guide motion 

  • One among many similar or related, yet still distinct things. 

verb
  • To cut a facet into a gemstone. 

unit

noun
  • An organization title of a subdivision of a group in a task force. 

  • A physically large person. 

  • 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. 

  • The number one. 

  • 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. 

  • A standard measure of a quantity. 

  • 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. 

  • A member of a military organization. 

  • A standard or basic quantity into which an item of supply is divided, issued, or detailed. In this meaning, also called unit of issue. 

  • A gold coin of the reign of James I, worth twenty shillings. 

  • The identity element, neutral element. 

  • 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. 

  • Any military element whose structure is prescribed by competent authority, such as a table of organization and equipment; specifically, part of an organization. 

  • Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one. 

  • One kilowatt-hour (as recorded on an electricity meter). 

  • any piece of equipment, such as an appliance, power tool, stereo system, computer, tractor, or machinery. 

  • An organized group comprising people and/or equipment. 

  • A unit of alcohol. 

  • An element having an inverse, an invertible element; an associate of the unity. 

  • An item which may be sold singly. 

  • A work unit. 

  • A penis, especially a large one. 

adj
  • Having a size or magnitude of one. 

  • For each unit. 

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