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Definitions for univocal
yuˈnɪv ə kəl, ˌyu nəˈvoʊ-uni·vo·cal

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. unequivocal, univocal, unambiguousadjective

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. univocaladjective

    Having only one possible meaning.

  2. univocaladjective

    Containing only one vowel.

    "A man, a plan, a canal, Panama." contains only the vowel 'a', making it univocal.

  3. Etymology: From univocus.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Univocaladjective

    Etymology: univocus, Lat.

    Univocal words are such as signify but one idea, or but one sort of thing: equivocal words are such as signify two or more different ideas, or different sorts of objects. Isaac Watts.

    This conceit makes putrefactive generations correspondent unto seminal productions; and conceives inequivocal effects, and univocal conformity unto the efficient. Brown.

Wikipedia

  1. univocal

    Univocity of being is the idea that words describing the properties of God mean the same thing as when they apply to people or things. It is associated with the doctrines of the Scholastic theologian John Duns Scotus.

ChatGPT

  1. univocal

    Univocal refers to a term or expression that has only one meaning or interpretation. It is a concept in philosophy and logic where a word or phrase is clear and unambiguous, with a single, definite sense. It is the opposite of equivocal, which means a term has more than one potential meaning.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Univocaladjective

    having one meaning only; -- contrasted with equivocal

  2. Univocaladjective

    having unison of sound, as the octave in music. See Unison, n., 2

  3. Univocalnoun

    having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular

  4. Univocalnoun

    unequivocal; indubitable

  5. Univocalnoun

    a generic term, or a term applicable in the same sense to all the species it embraces

  6. Univocalnoun

    a word having but one meaning

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Univocal

    ū-niv′ō-kal, adj. having one meaning only: having unison of sounds.—n. a word with but one meaning.—n. Univ′ocacy.—adv. Univ′ocally.—n. Univocā′tion, agreement of name and meaning. [L. univocusunus, one, vox, vocis, a voice.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of univocal in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of univocal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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