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