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A Unit is a specific measure of a physical quantity within Benchling's tenant-specific unit dictionary, used to capture and convert scientific measurements across the platform. Each Unit belongs to a UnitType (e.g., "Volume" or "Mass") and defines its relationship to the UnitType's base unit through a conversionFactor. For example, a milliliter unit would have a conversionFactor of 0.001 relative to a liter base unit. Units are identified by a human-readable name (e.g., "milliliter"), a shorthand symbol (e.g., "mL"), and may have aliases for alternate input symbols. Units within the same UnitType are inter-convertible; cross-dimensional conversions are not supported. Units appear throughout Benchling wherever measurements are recorded, including inventory container quantities (see Measurement), result fields, and sample properties.