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Unitary adj.

Of or pertaining to a unit or units; relating to unity; as, the unitary method in arithmetic.

Of the nature of a unit; not divided; united.

Unitary theory (Chem.), the modern theory that the molecules of all complete compounds are units, whose parts are bound together in definite structure, with mutual and reciprocal influence on each other, and are not mere aggregations of more or less complex groups; distinguished from the dualistic theory.

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Etymology of 'Unitary'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Unitary" Quotes from Famous Books

... only in the lower portion of the engraving that he sees any surfaces produced by cutting to separate the right and left halves of the brain. It is by these structures which are here divided that the right and left halves are connected, so that the whole brain is adapted to acting in a unitary manner. ...

— Buchanan's Journal of Man, April 1887 - Volume 1, Number 3 • Various

... word becomes increasingly irrelevant as a means. We can therefore easily understand why the mathematician and the symbolic logician are driven to discard the word and to build up their thought with the help of symbols which have, each of them, a rigidly unitary value. ...

— Language - An Introduction to the Study of Speech • Edward Sapir

... from the pulling and hauling stands what I am, Stands amused, complacent, compassionating, idle, unitary, Looks down, is erect, or bends an arm on an impalpable certain rest, Looking with side-curved head curious what will come next, Both in and out of the game and watching and wondering ...

— Leaves of Grass • Walt Whitman

... of human and divine loves; earth and heaven are unitary in companionship and destiny. The golden ladder rests on the earth and reaches up into ...

— California Sketches, Second Series • O. P. Fitzgerald

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