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Univocal definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNIV'OCAL, a. [L. unus, one, and vox, word.]
1. Having one meaning only. A univocal word is opposed to an equivocal, which has two or more significations.
2. Having unison of sounds; as the octave in music and its replicates.
3. Certain; regular; pursuing always one tenor. [Little used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: 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, univocal, unambiguous] [ant: ambiguous, equivocal]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Late Latin univocus, from Latin uni- + voc-, vox voice — more at voice Date: 1599 1. having one meaning only 2. unambiguous <in search of a morally univocal answer> • univocally adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. (of a word etc.) having only one proper meaning. --n. a univocal word. Derivatives: univocality n. univocally adv.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. 2. A word having but one meaning.

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