# `Benchee.Conversion.Unit`
[🔗](https://github.com/bencheeorg/benchee/blob/1.5.1/lib/benchee/conversion/unit.ex#L1)

A representation of the different units used in `Benchee.Conversion.Format`
and `Benchee.Conversion.Scale` as well as the modules implementing these
behaviours.

A unit is characterized by:

* name - an atom representation of the unit for easy access (`:microseconds`,
`thousand`)
* magnitude - compared to he base unit (the smallest unit) what's the factor
you had to multiply it by to get back to the base unit. E.g. the thousand
unit has a magnitude of `1_000`.
* label - a string that is used as a unit label (`"K"` for a thousand f.ex.)
* long - a string giving the long version of the label (`"Thousand"`)

# `t`

```elixir
@type t() :: %Benchee.Conversion.Unit{
  label: String.t(),
  long: String.t(),
  magnitude: non_neg_integer(),
  name: atom()
}
```