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unity (iou)



unity noun1. ME.
[Old & mod. French unite from Latin unitas, from unus one: see -ITY.]
I.
The fact, quality, or condition of being or consisting of one in number; oneness. ME.
I. Watts The Unity and Spirituality of the Godhead.
b. Math. (Without article.) The smallest whole number, the numeral one; the quality of being the numeral one. LME.
T. H. Huxley The ratio of the..transverse to the..longitudinal diameter of a skull, the latter measurement being taken as unity.
c. A quantity or magnitude taken as equivalent to one for the purpose of calculation, measurement, or comparison; loosely a thing or substance with a property so taken. E18.
= UNIT noun1 1a. LME-M19.
A single or individual thing. L16.
Carlyle The clear view of it as an indivisible Unity.
II.
The quality or condition of agreeing or being one in feeling, opinion, purpose, or action; agreement, concord, harmony. ME.
H. H. Milman Religious unity must have contributed..to..national unity. George Eliot The possession of this child would give unity to her life. M. L. King Man and God, made one in a marvellous unity of purpose. P. Warner England and Scotland..were near a form of unity and friendship.
The fact of uniting or being united into one body or whole; union. LME.
Julia Hamilton They have approved the unity of the legislative power in one branch.
b. A group formed by union; esp. (Unity) = United Brethren s.v. UNITED. L18.
The quality or fact of being one body or whole, esp. as made up of two or more parts. Also, a thing forming a complex whole. LME.
E. Wilson I have never yet..combined in a living unity so many apparently discordant threads.
b. Due interconnection and coherence of the parts of which a literary or artistic work etc. is composed. E18.
R. Fry Unity of some kind is necessary for our..contemplation of the work of art as a whole.
Equality, identity, esp. of various conditions pertaining to each tenant in a joint tenancy. E17.
Theatrical. Each of the three dramatic principles requiring limitation of the supposed time of a play to that occupied in acting it or to a single day (more fully unity of time), use of one scene throughout (more fully unity of place), and concentration on the development of a single plot (more fully unity of action). M17.