Talk:unibody

Is this really an adjective, or just attributive noun use? Equinox 11:40, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

I think you are right. It is not gradable and not much used as predicate, but:

• no date, '"Design News‎

  Construction is unibody with an integral back-up mounting system.

Would it be acceptable to add a variation of the definition in reference to the new Macbooks that have come out recently, that they consider unibody?— This comment was unsigned.

I've added a sense that tries to include analogous designs used for buildings, stents, bullets, and Macs‎. DCDuring TALK 10:59, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

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unibody

Rfv-sense: "euphemistic: mobile phone/tablet/laptop computer design with user-irreplaceable battery due to non-modular back cover.". Say what? --Robbie SWE (talk) 10:25, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

i.e. the phone is built as one monolithic object so you can't change the battery but must throw it away and buy a new phone. Equinox ◑ 12:28, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

Added one possible citation referring to a "fluid, unibody motif" and mentioning the battery replacement problem. However, I think we might do better to change this to a generic adjective meaning something like "manufactured in one piece". Equinox ◑ 13:12, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

I agree with Equinox about redefining this definition. I have placed 5 citations at Citations:unibody to illustrate the range of non-electronic, non-automotive uses of the term. DCDuring (talk) 17:10, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

I may be that definition three could be modified to include the citations.

Here are 2 examples (not durably archived) of use that meets an adjective test. DCDuring (talk) 17:16, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

Much better! The definition makes sense now. Thank you for your help. --Robbie SWE (talk) 17:15, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

It is a particular badly written definition, as well as being tendentious. DCDuring (talk) 17:18, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

cited Kiwima (talk) 00:34, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 22:32, 28 June 2019 (UTC)