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Hanuman_2000 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Unit length

Hello,

Arcs are measured in three different ways. They are measured in degrees and in unit length.

What is the meaning of "unit length"?
Does it mean " a unit of length"?

Thanks.
  

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hanuman_2000 Does it mean " a unit of length"? Yes. For instance, 'two radians'.

— Mister Micawber

  • hanuman_2000 Does it mean " a unit of length"?
  • Yes.
  • For instance, 'two radians'.
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hanuman_2000Does it mean " a unit of length"?
Yes. For instance, 'two radians'.
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hanuman_2000Arcs are measured in three different ways. They are measured in degrees and in unit length.
You have mentioned ony two ways.
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Hello,

A line segment which length is 1.

I would like recast the above sentence.

1. The length of the line segment is 1 unit. (Here unit suggests the unit of length.)

2. The length of the line segment is unit unit.

Are the both (1,2) correct?

In mathematics sometimes 1 is denoted by the word "unit". I am confused with that usage of the "
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You seem to be confusing these:

unit = a single thing or person.— 'The apartment building contains 8 units.'

unit = Also called dimension. any specified amount of a quantity, as of length, volume, force, momentum, or time, by comparison with which any other quantity of the same kind is measured or estimated.— 'The English units of length are the inch, foot, yard and mi
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