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unities Definition


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unity
noun unities
    1. The state or quality of being one; oneness.
    2. A single unified whole.
    3. The act, state or quality of forming a single unified whole from two or more parts.
    4. Agreement; harmony; concord.
      Thesaurus: concord, agreement, harmony, oneness, peace, solidarity, wholeness, union, unification, accord, consensus, concurrence.
    5. math.
      The number or numeral 1.
    6. A quantity, value, etc equivalent to one for the purposes of calculation or measurement.
    7. Uniformity or coherence.
    8. theat.
      Any one of the three principles of classical drama, whereby the action of the play should be limited to a single location (unity of place), all the events should be such as could happen within a single day (unity of time), and nothing should be admitted that is not directly relevant to the development of a single plot (unity of action).
Etymology: 13c: from French unité, from Latin unitas, from unus one.



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