Thesaurus: univocal
Having one meaning only; -- contrasted with equivocal.
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Definitions
- a. Having one meaning only; -- contrasted with equivocal.
- a. Having unison of sound, as the octave in music. See Unison, n., 2.
- n. Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular.
- n. Unequivocal; indubitable.
- n. A generic term, or a term applicable in the same sense to all the species it embraces.
- n. A word having but one word/meaning">meaning.
- adj. admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion
- 1. Having one meaning only; -- contrasted with equivocal. 2. Having unison of sound, as the octave in music. See Unison, n., 2. 3. Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular. [R.] Sir T. Browne. 4. Unequivocal; indubitable. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. 1. (Aristotelian Logic) A generic term, or a term applicable in the same sense to all the species it embraces. 2. A word having but one meaning.
- A generic term, or a term applicable in the same sense to allthe species it embraces.
- j:100 a admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion