UNIVOCAL

unequivocal, univocal, unambiguous

(adjective) admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion; “unequivocal evidence”; “took an unequivocal position”; “an unequivocal success”; “an unequivocal promise”; “an unequivocal (or univocal) statement”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

univocal (not comparable)

Having only one possible meaning.

Containing instances of only one vowel; univocalic.

Having unison of sound, as the octave has in music.

Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular.

Unequivocal; indubitable.

Synonyms

• (having only one possible meaning): definite, monosemous, unambiguous, unequivocal; see also explicit

• (indubitable): undoubtable, self-evident

Antonyms

• ambiguous

• equivocal

• polysemous

• polysemic

Noun

univocal (plural univocals)

A word having only one meaning.

A document containing instances of only one vowel.

Anagrams

• vacuolin

Source: Wiktionary

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U*niv"o*cal, a. Etym: [L. univocus; unus one + vox, vocis, a voice, word. See One, and Voice.]

1. Having one meaning only; -- contrasted with equivocal.

2. Having unison of sound, as the octave in music. See Unison, n., 2.

3. Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

4. Unequivocal; indubitable. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

U*niv"o*cal, n.

1. (Aristotelian Logic)

Definition: A generic term, or a term applicable in the same sense to all the species it embraces.

2. A word having but one meaning.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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