[uni.ty] n, pl -ties [ME unite, fr. MF unite, fr. L unitat-, unitas, fr. unus one--more at one] (14c) 1 a: the quality or state of not being multiple: oneness b (1): a definite amount taken as one or for which 1 is made to stand in calculation "in a table of natural sines the radius of the circle is regarded as ~" (2): identity element
2. a: a condition of harmony: accord b: continuity without deviation or change (as in purpose or action) 3 a: the quality or state of being made one: unification b: a combination or ordering of parts in a literary or artistic production that constitutes a whole or promotes an undivided total effect; also: the resulting singleness of effect or symmetry and consistency of style and character
4: a totality of related parts: an entity that is a complex or systematic whole
5: any of three principles of dramatic structure derived by French classicists from Aristotle's Poetics and requiring a play to have a single action represented as occurring in one place and within one day
6. cap: a 20th century American religious movement that emphasizes spiritual sources of health and prosperity