unitary

English

Adjective

unitary

1. Having the quality of oneness.
2. (government) 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.

   Ex. unitary authority

3. (mathematics) Pertaining to a unit.

   Ex. unitary matrix

Antonyms

• (government): federalist

Derived terms

• unitariness
• unitarity

Translations

the quality of oneness

• Catalan: unitari (ca)
• Mandarin: 单元式的 (cmn)
• Czech: jednotkový (cs)
• French: unitaire (fr)

• German: einheit (de)
• Hebrew: יחידאי (he), מהווה יחידה או מקשה אחת (he), אחדותי (he), מאוחד (he)
• Japanese: ユニタリ (ja)

(government)

• Catalan: unitari (ca)

Noun

unitary (plural unitaries)

1. (UK) A unitary council
2. (mathematics) A unitary operator