单词 | unity |
释义 | unity n. (pl. -ies)   1. oneness; being one, single, or individual; being formed of parts that constitute a whole; due interconnection and coherence of parts (disturbs the unity of the idea; the pictures lack unity; national unity).   2. harmony or concord between persons etc. (lived together in unity).   3. a thing forming a complex whole (a person regarded as a unity).   4. Math. the number 'one', the factor that leaves unchanged the quantity on which it operates.   5. Theatr. each of the three dramatic principles requiring limitation of the supposed time of a drama to that occupied in acting it or to a single day (unity of time), use of one scene throughout (unity of place), and concentration on the development of a single plot (unity of action). Etymology: ME f. OF unit{eacute} f. L unitas -tatis f. unus one |
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