Univocal

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Univocal \U*niv"o*cal\, n.
     1. (Aristotelian Logic) A generic term, or a term applicable
        in the same sense to all the species it embraces.
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     2. A word having but one meaning.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Univocal \U*niv"o*cal\, a. [L. univocus; unus one + vox, vocis,
     a voice, word. See {One}, and {Voice}.]
     1. Having one meaning only; -- contrasted with {equivocal}.
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     2. Having unison of sound, as the octave in music. See
        {Unison}, n., 2.
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     3. Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain;
        regular. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
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     4. Unequivocal; indubitable. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  univocal
       adj : admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one
             meaning or interpretation and leading to only one
             conclusion; "unequivocal evidence"; "took an
             unequivocal position"; "an unequivocal success"; "an
             unequivocal promise"; "an unequivocal (or univocal)
             statement" [syn: {unequivocal}, {unambiguous}] [ant: {equivocal}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  89 Moby Thesaurus words for "univocal":
     absolute, apodictic, apparent, bound, certain, clean-cut, clear,
     clear and distinct, clear as crystal, clear as day, clear-cut,
     coherent, conclusive, connected, consistent, crisp, crystal-clear,
     crystalline, decisive, defined, definite, determinate, direct,
     distinct, evident, explicit, express, ineluctable, inevitable,
     limpid, loud and clear, lucid, luminous, manifest, monadal,
     monadic, necessary, obvious, one-piece, one-sided, palpable,
     patent, pellucid, perfectly sure, perspicuous, plain, positive,
     predestined, predetermined, simple, straightforward, sure,
     sure-enough, translucent, transparent, transpicuous, true,
     unambiguous, unconfused, unequivocal, uniangulate, unibivalent,
     unibranchiate, unicameral, unicellular, unicuspid, unidentate,
     unidigitate, unidimensional, unidirectional, uniflorous,
     unifoliate, unifoliolate, unigenital, uniglobular, unilateral,
     unilinear, uniliteral, unilobed, unilobular, unimodular,
     unimolecular, uniocular, unipart, unipartite, unipolar, univalent,
     unmistakable, well-defined