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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to a unit; unitary.

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  • adjective mathematics (of an algebra) containing a multiplicative identity element (or unit), i.e. an element 1 with the property 1x = x1 = x for all elements x of the algebra.

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unit +‎ -al

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