unitary

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: u=ni=tar=y

CIDE DICTIONARY

unitary, a. 

•  Of or pertaining to a unit or units; relating to unity; as, the unitary method in arithmetic.  [1913 Webster]
•  Of the nature of a unit; not divided; united.  [1913 Webster]

Unitary theory (Chem.), the modern theory that the molecules of all complete compounds are units, whose parts are bound together in definite structure, with mutual and reciprocal influence on each other, and are not mere aggregations of more or less complex groups; -- distinguished from the dualistic theory.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

unitary, adj.
1 of a unit or units.
2 marked by unity or uniformity.

Derivative

unitarily adv. unitarity n.

THESAURUS

unitary

a certain, an, any, any one, atomic, composite, either, exclusive, individual, indivisible, integral, integrant, integrated, irreducible, lone, monadic, monistic, one, rolled into one, simple, single, singular, sole, solid, solitary, unanalyzable, undivided, unified, uniform, unique, united, whole

ROGET THESAURUS

unitary

Unity

N unity, oneness, individuality, solitude, isolation, unification, one, unit, ace, individual, none else, no other, one, sole, single, solitary, unitary, individual, apart, alone, kithless, unaccompanied, unattended, solus, single-handed, singular, odd, unique, unrepeated, azygous, first and last, isolated, insular, monospermous, unific, uniflorous, unifoliate, unigenital, uniliteral, unijocular, unimodal, unimodular, lone, lonely, lonesome, desolate, dreary, insecable, inseverable, indiscerptible, compact, indivisible, atomic, irresolvable, singly, alone, by itself, per se, only, apart, in the singular number, in the abstract, one by one, one at a time, simply, one and a half, sesqui-, natura il fece, e poi roppe la stampa, du fort au faible, two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one.