UNITY


Meaning of UNITY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈyü-nə-tē ]

noun

( plural -ties )

Etymology: Middle English unite, from Anglo-French unité, from Latin unitat-, unitas, from unus one — more at one

Date: 14th century

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 unity

(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. capitalized : a 20th century American religious movement that emphasizes spiritual sources of health and prosperity

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.