"unity" Definition

Definitions for the word "unity" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
The state of being one; oneness.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
Concord; harmony; conjunction; agreement; uniformity; as, a unity of proofs; unity of doctrine.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
Any definite quantity, or aggregate of quantities or magnitudes taken as one, or for which 1 is made to stand in calculation; thus, in a table of natural sines, the radius of the circle is regarded as unity.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
In dramatic composition, one of the principles by which a uniform tenor of story and propriety of representation are preserved; conformity in a composition to these; in oratory, discourse, etc., the due subordination and reference of every part to the development of the leading idea or the eastablishment of the main proposition.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
Such a combination of parts as to constitute a whole, or a kind of symmetry of style and character.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
The peculiar characteristics of an estate held by several in joint tenancy.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
(pl. -ies) 1 a oneness; being one; interconnected parts constituting a whole (national unity). B such a complex whole (person regarded as a unity). 2 a being united; solidarity. B harmony (lived together in unity). 3 the number ‘one’. [latin unus one]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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