Apartment vs. Unit

Apartment (noun)

A complete domicile occupying only part of a building.

“apartment dwellers”

Apartment (noun)

A suite of rooms within a domicile, designated for a specific person or persons and including a bedroom.

Apartment (noun)

A division of an enclosure that is separate from others; a compartment

Apartment (noun)

A Objects in one apartment cannot directly access those in another, but must use a proxy.

Unit (noun)

Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one. from 16th c.

Unit (noun)

A standard measure of a quantity.

“The centimetre is a unit of length.”

Unit (noun)

The number one.

Unit (noun)

An organized group comprising people and/or equipment.

“He was a member of a special police unit.”

Unit (noun)

A member of a military organization.

“The fifth tank brigade moved in with 20 units. (i.e., 20 tanks)”

Unit (noun)

Any military element whose structure is prescribed by competent authority, such as a table of organization and equipment; specifically, part of an organizationJoint Publication 1-02 U.S. Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms; 12 April 2001 (As Amended Through 14 April 2006)..

Unit (noun)

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

Unit (noun)

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

Unit (noun)

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.

Unit (noun)

The identity element, neutral element.

Unit (noun)

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

Unit (noun)

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.

Unit (noun)

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.

Unit (noun)

An item which may be sold singly.

“We shipped nearly twice as many units this month as last month.”

Unit (noun)

A unit of alcohol.

Unit (noun)

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

Unit (noun)

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.

Unit (noun)

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

Unit (noun)

A work unit.

Unit (noun)

A physically large person.

Unit (adjective)

For each unit.

“We have to keep our unit costs down if we want to make a profit.”

Unit (adjective)

Having a size or magnitude of one.