territorial unit

collocation in English

meaningsofterritorialandunit

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territorial
adjective
uk
/ˌter.ɪˈtɔː.ri.əl/us
/ˌter.əˈtɔːr.i.əl/
relating ...
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unit
noun
uk
/ˈjuː.nɪt/us
/ˈjuː.nɪt/
a single thing or a separate part of ...
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(Definition ofterritorialandunitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofterritorial unit

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Anderson (1983:130-1) points out, however, that individual ownership sets up a disjunction between theterritorialunitand the kinship unit.
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Aterritorialunit, especially an infantry unit, is always under strength, being only ever three quarters manned.
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I should like those men to be able to do their fortnight, three weeks or a month with a regular orterritorialunit.
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It has always seemed to me a great waste of money to send out an individualterritorialunitto a camp by itself.
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Everywhere else it is a question of negotiating solutions that are respected by the different peoples and nations that share the sameterritorialunit.
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Each "irmandade" is aterritorialunit, constituted as local associations of neighbours, grouping families and residents from within a particular parish or locality.
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It existed in this form until 1915 when theterritorialunitwas abolished.
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Despite this fluctuating situation it retained its identity as a coherentterritorialunit.
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Census tracts represent the smallestterritorialunitfor which population data are available in many countries.
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On some festive occasions (such as parades), white armbands with the insignia of the giventerritorialunitare worn.
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The former refers to a political system where the national government is sovereign relative to its territorial units (if any).
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Secondly, even if both chambers in a bicameral system are malapportioned, the same territorial units may not be overrepresented and underrepresented equally in each chamber.
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Of the eight territorial units on the map, six have churches, and four have several civil buildings.
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The "ispns" were appointed and dismissed by either the monarchs or a high ranking royal official responsible for the administration of a largerterritorialunitwithin the kingdom.
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In the time that followed, there were further divisions of the lordship, which often left it subject to several lords, although it remained a cohesiveterritorialunit.
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Many territorial units contained fewer than 100 donors, these being mainly located in remote, little populated areas.
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They offer an opportunity to extend analyses beyond the nation-state to smaller territorial units that provide further opportunities for cross-national learning.
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Their socio-cultural and political identities are embedded in spatial territorial units.
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A large empire is defined as a populous and territorially extensive compound of diverse groups and territorial units.
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