oneness, unity
(noun) the quality of being united into one
one, ace, single, unity
(noun) the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; “he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it”; “they had lunch at one”
integrity, unity, wholeness
(noun) an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting; “the integrity of the nervous system is required for normal development”; “he took measures to insure the territorial unity of Croatia”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Unity
A female given name from English.
A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
An unincorporated community in Franklin County, Georgia.
An unincorporated community in Alexander County, Illinois, also known as Hodges Park Station.
A small unincorporated community in Boyd County, Kentucky.
A town and census-designated place in Waldo County, Maine.
An unorganized territory in Kennebec County, Maine.
An unincorporated community in Scotland County, Missouri.
A town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
An unincorporated community in Adams County, Ohio.
An unincorporated community in Columbiana County, Ohio.
A tiny city in Baker County, Oregon.
An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
A small town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
A village in Clark County and Marathon County, Wisconsin, located partly within the town of Unity.
A small town in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.
A state in South Sudan.
unity (countable and uncountable, plural unities)
(uncountable) Oneness; the state or fact of being one undivided entity.
Agreement; harmony.
A single undivided thing, seen as complete in itself.
(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).
(mathematics) The number 1 or any element of a set or field that behaves under a given operation as the number 1 behaves under multiplication.
(legal) The peculiar characteristics of an estate held by several in joint tenancy.
(Quakerism) 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.
• (oneness): See also oneness
• (oneness): plurality, multiplicity, disunity; see also manyness
Source: Wiktionary
U"ni*ty, n.; pl. Unities. Etym: [OE. unite, F. unité, L. unitas, from unus one. See One, and cf. Unit.]
1. The state of being one; oneness. Whatever we can consider as one thing suggests to the understanding the idea of unity. Locks.
Note: Unity is affirmed of a simple substance or indivisible monad, or of several particles or parts so intimately and closely united as to constitute a separate body or thing. See the Synonyms under Union.
2. Concord; harmony; conjunction; agreement; uniformity; as, a unity of proofs; unity of doctrine. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! Ps. cxxxiii. 1.
3. (Math.)
Definition: 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.
Note: The number 1, when it is not applied to any particular thing, is generally called unity.
4. (Poetry & Rhet.)
Definition: 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.
Note: In the Greek drama, the three unities required were those of action, of time, and of place; that is, that there should be but one main plot; that the time supposed should not exceed twenty-four hours; and that the place of the action before the spectators should be one and the same throughout the piece.
5. (Fine Arts & Mus.)
Definition: Such a combination of parts as to constitute a whole, or a kind of symmetry of style and character.
6. (Law)
Definition: The peculiar characteristics of an estate held by several in joint tenancy.
Note: The properties of it are derived from its unity, which is fourfold; unity of interest, unity of title, unity of time, and unity of possession; in other words, joint tenants have one and the same interest, accruing by one and the same conveyance, commencing at the same time, and held by one and the same undivided possession. Unity of possession is also a joint possession of two rights in the same thing by several titles, as when a man, having a lease of land, afterward buys the fee simple, or, having an easement in the land of another, buys the servient estate.
At unity, at one.
– Unity of type. (Biol.) See under Type.
Syn.
– Union; oneness; junction; concord; harmony. See Union.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
