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unityn. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French unitee, unité. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman unitee, unitie, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French unité, Old French, Middle French unite (French unité) quality of forming a unitary whole (first half of the 12th cent. in Old French with reference to the Trinity), the harmonious combination of emotions, opinions, qualities, etc., being of one mind (end of the 12th cent.), marital union (mid 13th cent.), quality of being one (c1265), uniformity (end of the 13th cent.), abstract quantity considered to be the elementary number, which forms the basis of all others (c1370), agreement, accord, pact, sameness (both 1372), union, reunion, simple homogeneous element (both second half of the 15th cent.), one of the three dramatic principles observed in French neoclassical drama (1631 or earlier), coherence, harmoniousness between different elements (1638 with reference to a literary work), whole number less than ten, unit (1680) < classical Latin ūnitāt- , ūnitās quality of being one in number, quality of being an undivided whole, quality of being one in mind or action, quality of sharing a common nature or identity, state of forming a whole, uniformity of appearance, sameness, in post-classical Latin also unity of the Trinity (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), unity of the church (3rd cent.), community (8th cent., from 13th cent. in British sources), unit (frequently from 12th cent. in British sources) < ūnus one (see one adj.) + -tās (see -ty suffix1; compare -ity suffix). Compare Catalan unitat (14th cent.), Spanish unidad (1325 or earlier), Portuguese unidade (13th cent.), Italian unità (14th cent.).α. forms in final -ite , -yte cannot be distinguished formally from β. forms at unit n. and adj. Where forms of this type are attested in senses shared by both words, those attested before 1570 are placed at the present entry and those attested after this date at unit n. (see further discussion at that entry). I. Senses relating to singularity. the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > [noun] > condition of being the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > the Trinity > [noun] > person of > unity of persons of c1330 (?c1300) (Auch.) (1898) 429 Wid þe fader, and wid þe sone, And wid þe holi gost in vnite. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxvi. 1357 Þe oone and vnite of nombre..is figure and liknesse of þe vnite of oure lord God. a1425 J. Wyclif (1869) I. 383 Two passen fro unyte. ?1533 G. Du Wes sig. Tiv The blessed Trinite Thre personnes in vnite. 1593 R. Hooker i. ii. 49 Our God is one, or rather verie Onenesse, and meere vnitie. 1609 W. Shakespeare v. ii. 144 If there be rule in vnitie it selfe, This was not shee. View more context for this quotation 1690 J. Locke ii. xvi. 98 Amongst all the Ideas we have,..there is none more simple than that of Unity, or One. 1725 I. Watts ii. iv. 386 The Unity and Spirituality of the Godhead. 1766 W. Blackstone II. 433 The notion of an unity of person between the husband and wife. 1775 ‘Layman’ 274 The Trinity in Unity; the tripartite or rather quadruplicated Idol of Popery. 1844 C. Kingsley (1878) I. 117 I have been walking round the cathedral—oh! such a cathedral! Perfect unity in extreme multiplicity. 1864 F. C. Bowen ix. 292 A question often involves a real duplicity under a seeming unity. 1890 W. James I. x. 296 By the Spiritual Self..I mean a man's inner or subjective being, his psychic faculties or dispositions, taken concretely; not the bare principle of personal Unity, or ‘pure’ Ego. 1922 J. A. Leighton xv. 187 The unity and continuity of the empirical self is that of the fluctuating, interrupted, and episodic memories, feelings, ideas, and purposes that correspond roughly with the observed bodily processes. 1990 40 12 Unity of authorship was not a consideration that occurred to scribes. 2003 31 Oct. 16/4 In contrast to the tritheism of which Christians were accused, Servetus stressed the unity of God. 2. the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [noun] > particular qualities > whole a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxvi. 1356 Oon and vnite, þat is þe welle of nombres, is nouȝt oon in matiere but in nombre. c1450 Art Nombryng in R. Steele (1922) 33 Vnitee is that thynge wher-by euery thynge is callede oone, other o thynge. 1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid vii. f. 184 Vnitie is that, whereby euery thing that is, is sayd to be on. 1657 T. Hobbes 2 The excesse of the rising proportion above subtriple is the same which unity hath to the six times the number of termes after 0. 1702 V. Mandey tr. J. J. Hainlin i. 6 Unity measures every number by the number it self; so 1 measures 7 by 7. 1831 D. Brewster iv. 28 Take 1 part or unity from the same scale. 1869 J. Hamblin Smith 50 The quotient is unity when the Dividend and the Divisor are equal. 1885 H. W. Watson & S. H. Burbury I. 232 Taking unity as the combining number for hydrogen. 1921 6th Ser. 42 387 Several verifications of each is able to make the posterior probabilities..practically equal to each other and to unity. 2010 A. R. Alexander vii. 199 There are three cube roots of unity. the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > [noun] a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxvi. 1357 Nombres beþ ydelid by the first vnite. ?c1425 Crafte Nombrynge in R. Steele (1922) 28 Loke how mony vnytes ben in þe nounbre þat comes of þe multiplicacion of þe 2 digittes. 1543 R. Record sig. R.iiiiv In that place of vnities dothe appere only 7. 1552 R. Record (rev. ed.) ii. sig. Q.vi An impropre fraction..that is to say, a fraction in form, which in deed is greater then an vnite. 1587 A. Fleming et al. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1490/2 The residue..being multiplied by vnities, doo make vp the complet number of three score and twelue. 1630 E. Wingate i. i. 15 A mixt number is that which besides the Integers, or intire Vnities, of which it consists hath also a broken number annexed. 1669 S. Sturmy iii. ii. 129 Because the Angle CAB is a Right Angle,..I therefore only put an Unity before the second Term. 1727 V. Mandey (ed. 4) I. iii. ii. 118 For though both 3 and 2, and 9 and 8, differ only by a Unity, yet, their Inequality is not the same. 1837 W. Whewell I. iv. i. 250 His objections to geometry and arithmetic are founded on abstract cavils concerning the nature of points, letters, unities. 1983 R. L. Gorsuch (ed. 2) vi. 99 The principal factor method is applied to the correlation matrix with unities as diagonal elements. the world > relative properties > measurement > [noun] > that by which one measures > thing or quantity taken as unit of measurement > regarded as equivalent to the number one 1696 (Royal Soc.) 19 207 It appears, that if one minute be supposed Unity, the length of the arch of one minute being [etc.] 1728 E. Chambers Measure, in Geometry, any certain Quantity assumed as one, or Unity, to which the Ratio of other homogeneous, or similar Quantities is express'd. 1797 XVII. 659/1 The most convenient way..would be to consider the weight of the standard as unity. 1814 J. Playfair II. ii. iv. 287 If the mass of Jupiter be supposed unity. 1836 W. T. Brande (ed. 4) 220 Others adopt oxygen as unity, in which case hydrogen becomes one-eighth of that unit. 1922 J. A. Crowther (ed. 3) vii. 105 The value deduced for the ratio m/E, the value for the hydrogen parabola being taken as unity. 2008 P. J. Nahin xiii. 71 We can, with no loss in generality, take the length of the road as unity. the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > [noun] > one thing 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay ii. 16 The foresayd most single and alonly One [Fr. cest vnité tresvne], abyding still one in it selfe, bringeth foorth all the other vnities. 1598 J. Marston i. iv. sig. D3v Sylenus now is old, I wonder I He doth not hate his triple venery,..Me thinkes a vnitie were compotent. 1604 C. Edmondes II. vi. xiii. 38 The life and strength of a multitude consisteth in vnities. 1681 7 He himself is the prime Unity and Universality. a1711 T. Ken Hymnarium 68 in (1721) II. Most holy, holy, holy Three, Harmonious Unity. 1789 G. Adams 52 Powers peculiar to that psycological unity which we call the mind. 1850 R. W. Emerson Swedenborg in iii. 115 The unities of each organ are so many little organs, homogeneous with their compound. 1899 14 Jan. 39/1 What a wonderfully complex thing that simple-seeming unity—the self! 1908 17 43 A partial feature of the universe is apprehended in isolation from the whole to which it belongs and therefore not as being a part but as a self-contained unity detached from its connexions. 2008 P. Remes v. 139 Sensory affections are something even infants may have before they start to form proper unities out of the colourful perceptual field, much less conceptualize these unities as family members, dogs and flowers. II. Senses relating to union, harmony, or agreement. 4. society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > [noun] > concord c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Eph. iv. 3 To kepe vnite [L. unitatem] of spirit in the bond of pees. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland (Laud 581) (1869) B. xix. l. 325 Grace bigan to make a good foundement, And watteled it and walled it..And called þat hous vnite, holicherche on englisshe. c1450 in C. L. Kingsford (1905) 126 (MED) This yere þe generall counsell was endet at constaunce, and an unyte made in holy church. a1464 J. Capgrave (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 232 Be þis mene was þe unité of þe Cherch lettid. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane f. cxxiij The Germains within themselues shold..come to some vnitie & concord. 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 286/1 in I Diuerse offers were made on both partes for an vnitie to haue beene had betwixte the two Princes. 1590 R. Greene i. 48 Vnitie is the essence of amitie. 1609 W. Shakespeare i. iii. 100 The vnitie and married calme of states. View more context for this quotation 1647 J. Trapp (1656) (Rom. xv. 6) 652 It is recorded to the high commendation of the Church of Scotland, that for this 90 years and upwards they have kept unity. 1742 J. Wesley & C. Wesley 174 When Brethren all in One agree; Who knows the Joys of Unity! 1776 T. Paine iv. 61 'Tis not in numbers but in unity that our great strength lies. 1830 I. D'Israeli III. v. 62 Laud..contemplated establishing unity by uniformity. 1847 Jan. 113/2 All attempts hitherto made to settle a unity between Christian teachers and sects, by a process of defining and compounding and sifting out divisions of feeling. 1878 W. Stubbs (ed. 2) III. xviii. 221 The king's death at once broke up the unity of the Court. 1968 P. Warner x. 165 In spite of the continuous fighting England and Scotland..were near a form of unity and friendship. 2001 Jan. 9 The women responded by reviving their beadwork tradition as a reminder of Ndebele unity. the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [noun] a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. viii. 1279 It nedeþ nouȝt þat vnyte of kynde folweþ vnyte of liknesse of coloure. c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. iv. l. 398 Adiectif and substantif ys as ich er tolde, Þat ys, vnyte, acordaunce in case, gendre, and numbre. c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate (1934) ii. 773 Sownyng of instrumentis, concorde of mynstralcye, Sette full and hoole be perfite vnite. 1594 W. Shakespeare sig. L2 These contraries such vnitie do hold, Only to flatter fooles, and make them bold. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. ii. 32 There is such vnitie in the proofes. View more context for this quotation 1629 J. Ford iv. 66 As there is by nature In euery thing created contrarietie: So likewise is there vnity and league Betweene them in their kind. 1770 T. Whately 38 The contrasts, however, of masses and of groupes must not be too strong, where greatness is the character of the wood; for unity is essential to greatness. the mind > language > statement > assent > [noun] 1760 J. Woolman (1971) vii. 110 Some Friends..expressed their willingness to have it read, which being done, many expressed their unity with the proposal. 5. the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or fact of uniting or being united > [noun] a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 9 By tokene þe onynge and þe unite [L. unionem] of Crist and of holy chirche. 1472–3 (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1472 1st Roll §23. m. 26 Entierly desiryng..the unyte of the nobles and other his subgettes. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine f. cclvv/2 The vnyte and assemble of the flesshe of oure lord and of oure lady. 1565 W. Allen ii. xvii. f. 283 Which forme of argument serued the Arians against the consubstantiall vnitye of God the father, and his son our sauiour. 1578 T. Tymme tr. J. Calvin 76 Herein we see a true image of our unitie with the Son of God. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau 11/2 The synnuish filamentes which have a vnitye and fasteninge with the Pericranium. 1611 C. Tourneur (new ed.) i. sig. C1v The vnitie of Families is a worke of loue and charitie. 1651 T. Hobbes ii. xvii. 87 This is more than consent, or concord; It is a reall Unitie of them all, in one and the same Person. 1796 E. Burke i. 43 In this unity and indivisibility of possession are sunk ten..wealthy provinces. 1801 A. Hamilton 13 They have approved the unity of the Legislative power in one branch. 1880 J. Caird v. 157 The unity of subject and object..is implied in every act of thought. 1938 L. Berkhof 96 The Nestorians denied the unity of the two natures in one Person. 2000 10 111 Marriage was increasingly perceived as the unity of the husband and wife, instead of the unity of the two families. the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > of people or animals 1543 ( (1812) 333 In citees all he helde well vnitees, Great iustes ay and ioyus tournementes. the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > unity or undividedness > [noun] a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) Prol. l. 987 (MED) If a man were Mad al togedre of o matiere Withouten interrupcioun, Ther scholde no corrupcioun Engendre upon that unite. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. ii. 170 Ȝif þe vertue is ilette..þe vnyte and þe ioy[n]enge [MS ioyenge; L. compago] of al þe body tofalle. ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius (BL Add. 10340) (1868) iii. pr. xi. l. 2708 Yif þe partyes of þe body ben [so] diuide[d] and disseuered þat oon fro þat oþir þat þei destroien vnite, þe body forletiþ to ben þat it was byforne. 1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen sig. Hv He is wordine man and sua is spousit with the halie chrissine kirk in to ane body the quhilk vnite S. Paul..callis ane greit halie secreit thing [etc.]. 1583 B. Melbancke (new ed.) sig. Pivv The coniunction of manye in an vniforme vnitie. 1684 tr. S. Blankaart 26 Apospasma is when the unity of Organical compounded parts is dissolved. 1730 C. Nary 15 The Faithful were to be preserv'd in the Unity of Belief. 1813 P. B. Shelley iv. 52 Every grain Is sentient both in unity and part. a1853 F. W. Robertson (1857) 3rd Ser. iv. 57 In proportion as you rise from lower to higher life, the parts are more distinctly developed, while yet the unity becomes more entire. 1947 R. Bedichek viii. 91 Alliances, mutual dependencies, parasitisms..and other relationships amazingly intricate weave all life, animal and vegetable, into the unity of one vast organism. 1984 H. Nelson 194 These poems are configurations of parts that form a unity, but not the sort of unity that yields readily to paraphrase. 2010 J. McCann ii. 52 A family is a unity made up of individual members who may drift away in time. 1579 (new ed.) f. 129 The vnity of possession in the Lorde frustrate the custome of Gauelkind discent. 1607 J. Cowell sig. Zzz3/2 Vnitie of possession..in the Ciuill lawe..a ioynt possession of two rights by seuerall titles. 1691 (ed. 2) at Possession If the Lord purchase the Tenancy held by Heriot service, the Heriot is extinct by Unity of Possession. 1766 W. Blackstone II. 180 The properties of a joint estate are derived from it's unity, which is fourfold; the unity of interest, the unity of title, the unity of time, and the unity of possession. ?1781 J. Trusler ii. ii. 123 If there be two joint-tenants for life, and the inheritance of the whole should become the property of one, either by purchase or descent, the joint-tenancy ceases, as their unity of interest ceases. 1804 W. Cruise III. 115 It was held clearly that his common was extinguished by the unity of possession. 1858 Ld. St. Leonards xxv. 189 Unity of possession—that is, where the land and the right exercised over it are in the same person. 1903 3 150/2 After the marriage of the two brothers there had been no unity of use at all in any single part of the entire holding. 1918 10 May 3/2 Such a charge..has no alienative effect and therefore does not disturb the unity of title. 1955 8 121 Although unity of use was rejected as a substitute for contiguity in the determination of what is a parcel, the California courts have said that besides unity of title and contiguity a landowner must show that he was using his land as a unit in order to receive severance damages. 2004 S. Farran & D. Paterson iv. 92 A profit will be brought to an end..where there is unity of ownership of the land subject to the profit. 8. the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > [noun] 1638 F. Junius 119 To vary the unitie of a stone by inserting such spots into the crust as were not by nature. the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > [noun] > uniformity or freedom from fluctuation 1775 E. Burke (1844) II. 4 My American measures..have a certain unity of colour which has stood wearing for upwards of nine years. 1802 W. Paley xx. 382 What we have first to notice is, unity of purpose under variety of expedients. 1841–8 F. Myers II. iii. §48. 184 Amidst all this variety, what unity of spirit and of aim is there in the Bible! 1884 F. Temple (1885) vi. 164 The unity of plan..pervading any great class of animals..seems to point to unity of ancestry. 1920 T. S. Eliot 105 What holds the play together is a unity of inspiration that radiates into plot and personages alike. 1981 D. Chaffetz i. 9 The soil, a fine, fawn-colored dust, covers the rocky flatness of the landscape with a monotonous unity of hue. the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [noun] > on one thing 1836 H. Smith I. 5 There is a simplicity and unity in despotism which is not without its advantages. 1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc II. 176 The grand principle of unity in power. 9. society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [noun] > dramatization > principles of 1668 J. Dryden 10 The Famous Rules which the French call, Des Trois Unitez, or, The Three Unities, which ought to be observ'd in every Regular Play. 1668 T. Shadwell Pref. sig. (a) I have in this Play, as neer as I could, observed the three Unities, of Time, Place, and Action. 1668 T. Shadwell Pref. sig. (a)v Another Objection..is, that there is the same thing over and over: which I do not apprehend, unless they blame the unity of the action. 1712 J. Addison No. 267. ¶2 Homer to preserve the Unity of his Action hastens into the midst of things. 1789 W. Belsham I. ii. 18 The diction of these plays is lofty,..the unities strictly preserved. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality viii, in 1st Ser. IV. 148 It is fortunate for tale-tellers that they are not tied down like theatrical writers to the unities of time and place. 1821 C. Lamb in June 612/1 Nature hath her unities, which not every critic can penetrate. 1859 A. Trollope II. i. 1 I must now ask my readers to pass over two years with me. It is a terrible gap in a story; but in these days the unities are not much considered. 1861 G. J. Whyte-Melville in Apr. 431/1 Those functionaries in white hats and red waistcoats, who with singular attention to ‘the unities’, adopt the very colours of the Post-office Directory and Court Guide. 1924 E. Singmaster in B. C. Williams (1925) 170 Forsaking one of the unities, the author had brought the villainous Ivan into the foreground of the narrative. 1971 S. Smiley ii. iii. 61 None of the great tragedians evidently worried about unity of time. 1989 Aug. 36/1 One of George Sand's love affairs obeyed all three classical unities. society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [noun] > work of art > qualities generally 1712 J. Addison No. 267. ¶3 Aristotle himself allows, that Homer has nothing to boast of as to the Unity of his Fable. 1756 J. Warton I. iii. 101 Horace observed a strict method, and unity of design, in his epistle to the Pisones. 1783 H. Blair I. 216 The second quality of a well-arranged sentence, which I termed its Unity. 1864 E. B. Pusey i. 11 Amid apparent want of unity on the surface of the Book, there is a real unity in the whole, resting on the unity of the plan of the writer. 1874 R. St. J. Tyrwhitt 272 Unity in a picture is the sympathy of its groups or parts. 1937 65 429 Lengthy descriptions, however fine in themselves, are enemies to a novel's unity and life if they be not vital parts of the theme or movement or plot. 1984 18 107 In literary criticism, two standards are commonly applied to prose rhythms: that of unity in variety and that of expressiveness. 1997 M. Acton (2000) iv. 102 Constable..has clarified the tonal relationships without losing the unity achieved in the sketch. 1743 tr. A. Gradin vii. 24 More ancient Particulars relating to the Brethren of the Unity. 1780 B. La Trobe tr. D. Cranz 353 Every actual member of the Unity [Ger. Unität] that is desirous of taking the benefit of this act. 1814 W. Brown II. 124 This, by the synods of the Brethren's church, is vested solely in the Elders' Conference of the Unity. 1865 J. Gill tr. F. Bovet xxv. 262 The affairs of the Unity called the Count..to the Continent. 1918 H. E. Stocker 39 The government of the Unity, or Church as a whole,..is vested in the General Synod, which meets every six years. 2008 N. R. Knouse x. 265 The Moravian Church today is governed..by the Unity Synod, which consists of representatives from all provinces of the Unity. Phrasessociety > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > at peace or not at variance [phrase] c1391 J. Gower (Huntington) vii. l. 3229* So schal I live in unite With every man. a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iii. l. 29 Ye holden regne and hous in vnite. c1450 (Sloane 2464) l. 1520 (MED) These Sustrys, Cheyned in parfight vnyte, departe may not by natural resoun. 1535 Psalms cxxi Ierusalem is buylded as a cite, that is at vnitie in it self. 1575 J. Rolland iii. f. 49 Perfitlie pance with all maturitie, Sa that ȝour voce concord in vnitie. 1655 J. Playford i. 30 To guide his Voyce in unity to the Sound of the Instrument. 1671 R. Baxter lxiv. 18 It plainly sheweth that they are very much at unity in the main. 1714 in (1918) 27 Leaving our family and friends in great love and Unity. 1768 L. Sterne I. 197 The old French officer would have set me at unity with myself. 1825 Oct. 369 No Italian city or state was at unity in itself. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato I. 56 The bad..are never at unity with one another or with themselves. 1901 (Unity Tract Soc., Kansas City) Jan. 23 Declare in thought and word daily that all your senses are spiritual; that they are in unity with the Christ of God. 1993 T. J. Lowi in J. Farr & R. Seidelman (2000) 394 Political scientists of left, right, and center are at unity in their failure to maintain a clear and critical consciousness of political consciousness. 1999 R. Travis ii. 71 The self and the world are at unity. society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Moravianism > [noun] > person > collective a1640 J. Paget (1641) 228 The Combination of the Christian and Orthodox Churches in Bohemia and Moravia, called by themselves, The Vnitie of the brethren in Bohemie. 1743 tr. A. Gradin v. 13 These all began with one Accord to call one another..Brethren and Sisters, and the whole Congregation was called The Unity of the Brethren. 1780 B. La Trobe tr. D. Cranz 67 Twenty-four ministers of the Unity of the Brethren. 1857 3 The Hymns marked with an asterisk..were composed in the early part of the 16th century, by servants of the Ancient Unity of the Brethren. 1901 W. Cowan & J. Love ii. 226 [He] succeeded his father as Secretary of the Unity of the Moravian Brethren in England. 1994 F. Kavka in R. Scribner et al. viii. 142 The originality of Lutheran doctrine had been considerably anticipated by the Unity of the Brethren. 1744 T. Gordon Disc. i. iii. 15 in tr. Sallust Since Unity is Strength; Weakness attends Discord; Desolation often follows both. 1832 17 Oct. 3/2 In unity is strength; and all who endeavour to destroy that unity will act inimically to the cause of reform. 1920 July 39/2 Some of your valley poultry raisers have organized to get results co-operatively. In unity is strength. 2007 S. Taylor v. 69 Unity is strength and whether a guy was right or wrong his mates were always there for him. 1749 D. Hartley i. 512 The Unity of Consciousness seems to me an inconclusive argument. 1782 J. Priestley (ed. 2) I. 115 The only meaning that I can annex to the words unity of consciousness, is a feeling or perception of the unity of my nature. 1857 10 138 Unity of consciousness does exist, for who can gainsay it? 1890 tr. T. A. Ribot iii. 96 This higher form of ecstasy may at times reach the state of complete, absolute monoideism, that is, the state of perfect unity of consciousness. 1912 B. Russell in 22 341 Things remembered survive in memory, and thus interpenetrate present things; past and present are not mutually external, but are mingled in the unity of consciousness. 1962 G. Bird xi. 177 The notion of a transcendental unity of consciousness is only a metaphysical way of expressing claims about personal identity. 2006 E. R. Kandel (2007) 383 The neural machinery for the unity of consciousness is likely to be widely distributed throughout the cortex and thalamus. Compounds 1954 6 82/1 V12b is first set for unity gain between cathode and screen. 1992 July 794/1 A unity gain, high speed differential amplifier. 2014 M. Senior i. 10 Digital gain controls usually default to their 0dB setting, while analog controls often have their unity-gain position marked or detented. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). <  n.c1330 |
