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unification en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌjunəfəˈkeɪʃən/ (General-American)
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  • /ˌjuːnɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Either: * from unify + -ification (suffix forming nouns denoting acts or processes whereby subjects become something else); or * borrowed from French unification; or * borrowed from Italian unificazione.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of unifying.
    • The route between Melbourne and Albury is one of the first scheduled, under the great Australian gauge unification scheme, for conversion to 4 ft. 8½ in., and this will permit through running between Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. 1946 March–April, “Notes and News: The ‘Spirit of Progress,’ Victorian Railways”, in The Railway Magazine, London: Tothill Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 119:
    • Despite criticisms which were made of the Railway Executive, it must be recalled that the general framework of the new railway set-up was established by statute, while this form of organisation was particularly well adapted for carrying out the unification of the railways—a very different thing from the purely political act of nationalisation, but an essential part of the objective of nationalisation. 1958 January, Borderer [pseudonym], “Ten Years of British Railways”, in The Railway Magazine, London: Tothill Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 13:
  2. (countable, uncountable) The state of being unified.
    • On November 15 our Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Soviet ambassador Petrov of this decision. At the same time I sent a message to President Harry S. Truman, pointing out that Soviet Russia's treaty violations and bad faith in Manchuria not only were detrimental to China's territorial integrity and unification, but also constituted a serious threat to peace and order in East Asia, and that the only way to prevent any further deterioration of the situation would be for China and the United States to take positive and coordinated actions. 1957, Chiang Chung-cheng (Chiang Kai-shek), Soviet Russia in China: A Summing-up at Seventy, New York, N.Y.: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, →OCLC, page 146:
    • On the other hand, I must think of Korea and, particularly, of the three million enslaved Koreans in the North. My obligation as a leader of the Korean people is to achieve unification of our country by peaceful means if possible but by force if necessary. 1978, Richard Nixon, quoting Syngman Rhee, “Vice President 1953–1960”, in RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, page 127:
    • Chinese domination in Manchuria was revived after the unification of China by the Sui Dynasty in a.d. 590, though this could not be called entirely complete because the Kaokouli kingdom could not be subjugated. 1936, D. M. B. Collier, C[ecil John] L’E[strange] Malone, “The Birth of a Country”, in Manchoukuo: Jewel of Asia, London: George Allen & Unwin […], →OCLC, page 21:
  3. (countable, uncountable) An algorithmic process of solving equations between symbolic expressions.
    • For any two terms or formulas without quantifiers X and Y, the following holds. (i) The unification algorithm UNIF#95;1, applied to X, Y, terminates after a finite number of steps. (ii) #92;#123;X,Y#92;#125; is unifiable iff UNIF#95;1 so indicates upon termination. Moreover, the substitution σ then available as output is a most general unifier of #92;#123;X,Y#92;#125;. 1982, Wolfgang Bibel, “The Connection Method in First-order Logic”, in Automated Theorem Proving, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony; Wiesbaden, Hesse: Friedr[ich] Vieweg & Sohn, →DOI, →ISBN, page 94:

Forms

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Antonyms

division · dissolution · dividing · disuniting · dissolution · deunification · disuniting · disunification · division · disunification · dividing · deunification

Deriveds

deunification · Han unification · unificatory · grand unification theory · reunification · preunification · Unificationism · disunification · antiunification · unificationist · Unificationist

Relateds

unitedness · unison · union · Unison · unity · unionization

Synonyms

uniting · unifying · union · union

Translations (57)

ml ഏകീകരണം (act or process of unifying) · ar تَوْحِيد (act or process of unifying) · yi פֿאַראייניקונג (act or process of unifying) · es unificación (act or process of unifying) · uk об'є́днання (act or process of unifying) · be аб'ядна́нне (act or process of unifying) · cmn 合一 (algorithmic process of solving equations between symbolic expressions) · nl eenwording (act or process of unifying) · hi एकीकरण (act or process of unifying) · de Vereinigung (act or process of unifying) · eo unuigo (act or process of unifying) · ckb یەکگرتن (act or process of unifying) · mi whakakotahitanga (act or process of unifying) · fi yhdistyminen (act or process of unifying) · el ενοποίηση (act or process of unifying) · it unificazione (act or process of unifying) · ro unificare (act or process of unifying) · ca unificació (act or process of unifying) · gd co-aonachadh (act or process of unifying) · cs sjednocení (act or process of unifying) · ru унифика́ция (algorithmic process of solving equations between symbolic expressions) · sk zjednocovanie (act or process of unifying) · bg обединение (state of being unified) · ko 통일 (act or process of unifying) · hi एकीकृत (state of being unified) · gd co-aonachadh (state of being unified) · ka გაერთიანება (act or process of unifying) · fi yhtenäisyys (state of being unified) · ja 統一 (act or process of unifying) · eo unuecigo (act or process of unifying) · el ένωση (state of being unified) · cs sjednocení (state of being unified) · pt união (state of being unified) · io unigado (act or process of unifying) · ckb یەکگرتو (state of being unified) · nl vereniging (act or process of unifying) · vi thống nhất (act or process of unifying) · ka უნიფიკაცია (act or process of unifying) · tr birleşme (act or process of unifying) · fi unifikaatio (algorithmic process of solving equations between symbolic expressions) · eo unuiĝo (act or process of unifying) · hy միացում (act or process of unifying) · io unigo (state of being unified) · cmn 同一 (algorithmic process of solving equations between symbolic expressions) · ru объедине́ние (act or process of unifying) · hy միասնականացում (act or process of unifying) · kk біріздендіру (act or process of unifying) · pl unifikacja (act or process of unifying) · fr unification (act or process of unifying) · fi yhdistäminen (act or process of unifying) · hy միավորում (act or process of unifying) · ms penyatuan (act or process of unifying) · sk zjednotenie (act or process of unifying) · cmn 統一 /统一 (act or process of unifying) · bg обединяване (act or process of unifying) · pt unificação (act or process of unifying) · ka გაერთიანებულობა (state of being unified)