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unity

noun
/ˈjuːnɪti/UK/ˈjunɪti/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English unite English unity From Middle English unite, from Anglo-Norman, Old French unité, from Latin ūnitās, from ūnus (“one”) + noun of state suffix -itās, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one, single”), hence distantly related to one and an. By surface analysis, unite + -y. Displaced native Old English ānnes (literally “oneness”).

  1. derived from *óynos✻ — “one, single”
  2. derived from ūnitās
  3. derived from unité
  4. inherited from unite

Definitions

  1. Oneness

    Oneness: the state or fact of being one undivided entity.

    • Near-synonyms: unification, unionization, integration
    • Alan Pardew's current squad has been put together with a relatively low budget but the resolve and unity within the team is priceless.

  2. Agreement

    Agreement; harmony.

  3. A single undivided thing, seen as complete in itself.

    • If a single day has brought us two or more experiences suitable to initiate a dream, the dream will unite references to them both into a single whole; it obeys a compulsion to form a unity [translating Einheit] out of them.
  4. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. Any of the three classical rules of drama

      Any of the three classical rules of drama: unity of action (nothing should be admitted not directly relevant to the development of the plot), unity of place (the scenes should be set in the same place), and unity of time (all the events should be such as might happen within a single day).

    2. The number 1 or any element of a set or field that behaves under a given operation as the…

      The number 1 or any element of a set or field that behaves under a given operation as the number 1 behaves under multiplication.

      • the cube roots of unity

    3. The peculiar characteristics of an estate held by several in joint tenancy.

    4. The form of consensus in a Quaker meeting for business which signals that a decision has…

      The form of consensus in a Quaker meeting for business which signals that a decision has been reached. In order to achieve unity, everyone who does not agree with the decision must explicitly stand aside, possibly being recorded in the minutes as doing so.

    5. A female given name from English.

      • Hitler, it seemed, had two engagements in Munich that day; one was a visit with Unity Mitford, a Nazi sympathizer belonging to the well-known British Mitford family, who was recovering in a Munich hospital from an attempted suicide.

    6. A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.

    7. A number of places in the United States

      A number of places in the United States:

    8. A state of South Sudan.

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Derived

Aristotelian unity, classical unity, dramatic unity, Inity, over-unity, partition of unity, root of unity, tri-unity, unity is strength, unity makes strength, unity of action, unity of place, unity of time

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at unity. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at unity. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at unity

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA