Unification

Quick meaning: Unification is a noun meaning The act or process of unifying.

Meaning

The act or process of unifying.

More Meanings

1. The state of being unified.
2. (computer science, logic) An algorithmic process of solving equations between symbolic expressions.

Example Sentences

Chinese domination in Manchuria was revived after the unification of China by the Sui Dynasty in a.d. 590, though this could not be called entirely complete because the Kaokouli kingdom could not be subjugated.

The route between Melbourne and Albury is one of the first scheduled, under the great Australian gauge unification scheme, for conversion to 4 ft. 8½ in., and this will permit through running between Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

On the other hand, I must think of Korea and, particularly, of the three million enslaved Koreans in the North. My obligation as a leader of the Korean people is to achieve unification of our country by peaceful means if possible but by force if necessary.

For any two terms or formulas without quantifiers X and Y, the following holds. (i) The unification algorithm UNIF#95;1, applied to X, Y, terminates after a finite number of steps. (ii) #92;#123;X,Y#92;#125; is unifiable iff UNIF#95;1 so indicates upon termination. Moreover, the substitution σ then available as output is a most general unifier of #92;#123;X,Y#92;#125;.

Word Forms

• unifications

Synonyms for unification

Depending on context, synonyms include unifying, union, uniting, fusion, merger.

Antonyms for unification

Common opposites include deunification, dissolution, disunification, disuniting, dividing, division.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include uniting, union, merger, fusion, united, unified.

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