<B>United States Claims Court,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a court, located in Washington, D.C., for the investigation of claims against the government. </DL>
<A NAME="uniter">
<B>uniter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that unites; uniting agency or quality. </DL>
<A NAME="unitfactor">
<B>unit factor,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) a gene or a group of inseparable genes, causing the inheritance of a unit character. </DL>
<A NAME="unities">
<B>unities, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under <B>unity.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="unition">
<B>unition, </B>noun. =union.</DL>
<A NAME="unitive">
<B>unitive, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having or tending toward union. </DL>
<A NAME="unitize">
<B>unitize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-tized,</B> <B>-tizing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to make into or reduce to a unit; make as one. <BR> <I>Ex. The Rambler's unitized frame construction, in which body and frame are welded into a single unit ... (Time).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to make a unit of; treat as an independent unit. noun <B>unitization.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="unitmagneticpole">
<B>unit magnetic pole,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the unit of magnetism exhibited by a magnetic pole which repels a like pole at a unit distance of one centimeter with a force of one dyne, or at a unit distance of one foot with a force of one pound. </DL>
<A NAME="unitnoun">
<B>unit noun,</B> =count noun.</DL>
<A NAME="unitpricing">
<B>unit pricing,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a method of pricing foods or other merchandise by showing both the total price and the cost per pound, ounce, etc. </DL>
<A NAME="unitrule">
<B>unit rule,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a rule which requires that members of a delegation at a convention cast their votes in a body for the candidate preferred by the majority of the delegation. </DL>
<A NAME="unittrain">
<B>unit train,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a freight train which operates as a permanent unit, without uncoupling and reassembly of cars. </DL>
<A NAME="unittrust">
<B>unit trust,</B> =fixed trust.</DL>
<A NAME="unity">
<B>unity, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the fact, quality, or condition of being one; oneness; singleness, especially: <DD><B> a. </B>by nature or definition. <BR> <I>Ex. divine unity. A circle has more unity than a row of dots. A nation has more unity than a group of tribes.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>by union; unification. <BR> <I>Ex. unity in marriage, the unity of allies.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a union of parts forming a complex whole; undivided whole, as distinct from its parts. <DD><B> 3. </B>concord between two or more persons; harmony. <BR> <I>Ex. Brothers and sisters should live together in unity.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>the number one (1). <DD><B> 5. </B>a quantity or magnitude regarded as equivalent to one (1) in calculation, measurement, or comparison. <DD><B> 6. </B>oneness of effect; choice and arrangement of material (for a composition, book, picture, statue or other creation) to secure a single effect. <BR><I>expr. <B>the unities,</B> </I>(Drama.) the three principles of the French classical dramatists, derived from Aristotle, that require a play to have one plot (unity of action) occurring on one day (unity of time) and in one place (unity of place). <BR> <I>Ex. the unities, Sir ... are ... a kind of a universal dovetailedness with regard to place and time (Dickens).</I> </DL>
<B>UNIVAC</B> or <B>Univac, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Trademark.) an electronic computer which uses a binary numbering system. </DL>
<A NAME="univalence">
<B>univalence, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a univalent quality or condition. </DL>
<A NAME="univalency">
<B>univalency, </B>noun. =univalence.</DL>
<A NAME="univalent">
<B>univalent, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Chemistry.) having a valence of one; monovalent. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Biology.) single (applied to a chromosome which lacks, or does not unite with, its homologous chromosome during synapsis). </DL>
<A NAME="univalve">
<B>univalve, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>any mollusk having a shell consisting of one piece. <BR> <I>Ex. Snails are univalves.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>its shell. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>having a shell consisting of one piece. <DD><B> 2. </B>composed of a single piece. <BR> <I>Ex. a univalve shell.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="univalved">
<B>univalved, </B>adjective. =univalve.</DL>
<A NAME="univalvular">
<B>univalvular, </B>adjective. =univalve.</DL>
<A NAME="universal">
<B>universal, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1a. </B>of all; belonging to all; concerning all; shared by all. <BR> <I>Ex. Food is a universal need. Kings are not born; they are made by universal hallucination (George Bernard Shaw).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>coming from all; shared in by all. <BR> <I>Ex. a universal protest.</I> <DD><B> c. </B>understood or used by all. <BR> <I>Ex. the universal language of love.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>existing everywhere. <BR> <I>Ex. The law of gravity is universal. Sickness and disease are universal; they occur in every country of the world.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>covering a whole group, as of persons, things, or cases; general. <BR> <I>Ex. universal adult suffrage.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>accomplished in all, or many, subjects; wide-ranging. <BR> <I>Ex. a universal genius, universal knowledge.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>constituting, existing as, or regarded as a complete whole; complete; entire; whole. <BR> <I>Ex. the universal cosmos.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>adaptable as to different sizes, angles, or kinds of work. <DD><B> 7. </B>(Philosophy, Logic.) asserting or denying something of every member of a class; generic. <BR> <I>Ex. "All men are mortal" is a universal proposition.</I> <DD><B> 8. </B>(Mathematics.) having todo with a universe of objects or numbers; comprising all the elements under consideration. <BR> <I>Ex. a universal set.</I> <DD><B> 9. </B>capable of operating from either alternating-current or direct-current power lines. <BR> <I>Ex. a universal motor, a universal television receiver.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>(Philosophy, Logic.) <DD><B> a. </B>that which is predicated or asserted of all the individuals or species of a class or genus; universal proposition. <DD><B> b. </B>a general term or concept; abstraction. <BR> <I>Ex. The common man is a universal.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>something universal, especially a person or thing that is universally powerful or current. <BR> <I>Ex. He made their pride, pity, love, anguish, glory, and endurance into universals (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=universal joint.</B> noun <B>universalness.</B> </DL>
