unitary
/ˈjuːnɪt(ə)ɹi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having the quality of oneness.
adj
That concentrates power in a single body, rather than sharing it with more local bodies.
adj
That contains an identity element.
noun
A unitary matrix or operator.
Example Sentences
- "If yes–no questions are CPs containing a null yes–no question operator (a null counterpart of whether) in spec-CP, we can arrive at a unitary characterisation of questions as CPs with an interrogative specifier."
- "a unitary authority"
- "a unitary state"
- "The eigenvectors of an orthogonal or unitary operator, corresponding to different eigenvalues, are orthogonal."
- "In essence we are looking for some way to average the individual unitary matrices Uₖ. But a linear combination of unitary matrices does not remain unitary."
- "We then repeat the same procedure to the (d − 1) × (d − 1) block unitary matrix using (d − 2) two-level unitary matrices."
Etymology
Etymology tree English unit Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English unitary From unit + -ary.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈjuːnɪt(ə)ɹi/
Usage
- British usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
special unitary group
unitary authority
unitary council
unitary government
unitary group
unitary matrix
unitary psychosis
unitary representation