Unitary

Word UNITARY
Character 7
Hyphenation u nit a ry
Pronunciations /juːnɪt(ə)ɹi/

Definitions and meanings of "Unitary"

What do we mean by unitary?

Of or relating to a unit. adjective

Having the nature of a unit; whole. adjective

Based on or characterized by one or more units. adjective

Of or relating to a unit; of the nature of a unit; not divided; entire: specifically noting in chemistry that system in which the molecules of all bodies are compared, as to their magnitude, with one molecule—water, for example—and all chemical reactions are as far as possible reduced to one typical form of reaction, namely double decomposition. Of or pertaining to, or characterized by, unity or uniformity; also, directed at or striving for unity: as, a unitary system of thought; in politics, centralized.

In biology, monistic, as distinguished from dualistic.

Pertaining to or of the nature of a unit (of measurement).

In mathematics, involving a root to unit power.

Of or pertaining to a unit or units; relating to unity. adjective

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

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. adjective

Having the quality of oneness. adjective

Relating to a system of government in which sovereign power is concentrated in a single body instead of being shared or possessed by more local bodies. adjective

Pertaining to a unit. adjective

A unitary council noun

A unitary operator noun

Relating to or characterized by or aiming toward unity adjective

Characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is held by one central authority adjective

Having the indivisible character of a unit adjective

Of or pertaining to or involving the use of units adjective

A unitary council.

A unitary matrix or operator.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Unitary

The word "unitary" in example sentences

George Bush used the same demagoguery, the same false claims and accusations to scare the people of the United States into giving him dictatorial powers, what he calls the unitary presidency. ❋ Unknown (2007)

But you have a different view with regards to the role of the executive now, an enhanced role, what they called the unitary presidency. ❋ Unknown (2006)

They make clear, for instance, that the phrase "unitary executive" is a code word for a doctrine that favors nearly unlimited executive power. ❋ Unknown (2007)

In fact, I'd be willing to bet that if you polled the American public today and asked them if they even knew what the phrase unitary executive means, fewer than 2% of the country would have a clue what you're talking about. ❋ Unknown (2006)

While it has meant that economic problems can rarely be answered by optimum solutions, which may at least occasionally be approximated in unitary states, the varied interests of the very different regions of this vast land have usually, in the long run, been accommodated in the working out of the compromises by which our country survives problems even if it does not wholly resolve them. ❋ Unknown (1981)

And, so the process of the renormalization could be made, you could calculate everything in terms of the experimental mass and then take the limit and the apparent difficulty that the unitary is violated temporarily seems to disappear. ❋ Unknown (1972)

The Unitary Executive makes a case for 'unitary' - but not for 'executive.' ❋ Unknown (2010)

Now the capitalists not only favor 'fraternity' but also 'unity', as the Club of Rome suggest a while ago, that is, a unitary World State. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As the leader of Bush'slegal team and Cheney's chief of staff, Addington was thebiggest proponentof some of Bush's mostnotoriouslegal abuses, such astortureand warrantless surveillance, and is aloyal followerof the so-called unitary executive theory. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The measure closes a loophole that had permitted a number of commercial enterprises to open savings associations known as unitary thrifts. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The laws of physics will not change because the evolution is always unitary, which is the nicest way a quantum system can evolve. ❋ Staq Mavlen (2008)

Most frightening of all, it would likely embrace the Bush administration's most extravagant claims of presidential power: the so-called unitary executive doctrine Garry Wills describes below, which allows the president dictatorial powers over all executive functions, including the power to wage war, spy on citizens, and detain and torture prisoners, ignoring any congressional constraint. ❋ Baker, Russell (2008)

* Reestablish the separation of powers in our Constitution as a check on the so-called unitary executive ❋ Unknown (2008)

Well, there is the example of the Roman Republic in the destruction of our constitutional checks and balances in order to create a so-called unitary executive designed to fight a war against the entire world, much like Pompey's imperium to wage war against the pirates wherever they might be found. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The administration has used a legal theory known as the unitary executive theory, to explain that in his duty as Commander-in-Chief the President, with his inherent powers, cannot be bound by law or Congress. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I fully expect the Bush administration aka unitary executive to claim that it is impossible to fix the oil royalties loophole that it deliberately created. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Even in a White House known for its dedication to conservative philosophy, Addington is known as an ideologue, an adherent of an obscure philosophy called the unitary executive theory that favors an extraordinarily powerful president …. ❋ Unknown (2005)

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