Unit vs Miniature - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between unit and miniature

is that unit is (sciences) a standard measure of a quantity while miniature is greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.

As adjectives the difference between unit and miniature

is that unit is for each unit while miniature is smaller than normal.

unit

English

(Unit)

Noun

(en noun)

(sciences) A standard measure of a quantity.

The centimetre is a unit of length.

The number one.

This pill provides 500 units of Vitamin E.

An organized group comprising people and/or equipment.

He was a member of a special police unit .

(military, informal) A member of a military organization.

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

(US, military) 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). .

(US, military) An organization title of a subdivision of a group in a task force.

(US, military) A standard or basic quantity into which an item of supply is divided, issued or used. In this meaning, also called unit of issue.

(US, military) 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.

(algebra) An element of a ring having a multiplicative inverse. (Formerly just the identity element 1_R of a ring.)

(geology) 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.

(commerce) An item which may be sold singly.

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

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

(Australia, New Zealand) 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.

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

(Camden)

Synonyms

* (identity element) identity element, unit element

Adjective

(-)

For each unit.

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

(mathematics) Having a size or magnitude of one.

* 1990 , William W. S. Wei, Time Series Analysis , ISBN 0201159112, page 9:

Consider the following time sequence

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Z_t=A\sin(\omega t+\theta)

where $A$ is a random variable with a zero mean and a unit variance and $\theta$ is a random variable with a uniform distribution on the interval $[-\pi,\pi]$ independent of $A$ .

Derived terms

* construction unit * tractor unit * unit aircraft * unitality * unit cost * unit combat readiness * unit commitment status * unit designation list

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miniature

English

("miniature on Wikiquote")

Noun

(en noun)

Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.

A small version of something; a model of reduced scale.

There was a miniature of a whaling ship in a glass bottle over the mantlepiece.

A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature.

The art of painting such highly detailed miniature works.

An illustration in an illuminated manuscript.

A musical composition which is short in duration.

Sacha composed a miniature for strings as a final project at the conservatory.

(gaming) A token in a game representing a unit or character.

Jack had dozens of miniatures of Napoleonic footsoldiers painted in detailed period regalia for his wargames.

Lettering in red; rubric distinction.

A particular feature or trait.

(Massinger)

Derived terms

* miniaturist

Adjective

(en adjective)

Smaller than normal.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-09-06, author= Alok Jha

, volume=189, issue=13, page=39, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Miniature brains grown in lab , passage=Scientists have grown miniature human brains in test tubes, creating a "tool" that will allow them to watch how the organs develop in the womb and, they hope, increase their understanding of neurological and mental problems. ¶ Just a few millimetres across, the "cerebral organoids" are built up of layers of brain cells with defined regions that resemble those seen in immature, embryonic brains.}}

Derived terms

* miniature poodle * miniaturism

Verb

(miniatur)

To make smaller than normal; to reproduce in miniature.

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