Sentence examples for basic unit of a from inspiring English sources

The frame is the most basic unit of a manual wheelchair and the most influential in terms of performance.

From a few to many flowers are arranged along the rachilla (rarely only a single flower), forming the spikelet, the basic unit of a sedge inflorescence.

Roughly equivalent to one hour of lecture time a week for a 12- to 14-week semester, it became the basic unit of a college education, and the standard measure for transferring work between institutions.

The phonological features are the most basic unit of a speech knowledge hierarchy.

A basic unit of a scale is the "cell," without its physical dimension.

Core proteins seem to bind more rigidly, and form the basic unit of a given complex.

In theory, such atoms could be assembled into Qbits — the basic unit of an experimental approach to computing that might one day exceed the capabilities of today's most powerful supercomputers.

The basic unit of an underwater neutrino telescope is the Optical Module (OM), a pyrex glass sphere capable of withstanding the great pressure of the deep sea (up to 5 km water depth) where the telescope will be deployed.

To remove redundancy, the basic unit of an STR should be minimized; e.g. the repeat unit of ACACACAC is AC rather than ACAC.

Primary collagen fibres, which consist of bunches of collagen fibrils, are the basic units of a tendon.

There are the inescapable price increases that are the stuff of everyday conversation in a city where a $20 bill seems to buy less with each passing moment: the basic unit of nourishment (a slice of pizza) and the basic unit of transportation (a subway ride) have both settled in at $2. A crosstown taxi ride at rush hour can now bring the meter up to as much as $10.