Plurality vs. Unity

Pluralitynoun

(uncountable) The state of being plural.

Pluralitynoun

(ecclesiastical) The holding of multiple benefices.

Pluralitynoun

(countable) A state of being numerous.

Pluralitynoun

(countable) A number or part of a whole which is greater than any other number or part, but not necessarily a majority.

Pluralitynoun

(countable) A number of votes for a single candidate or position which is greater than the number of votes gained by any other single candidate or position voted for, but which is less than a majority of valid votes cast.

Pluralitynoun

(countable) A margin by which a number exceeds another number, especially of votes.

Pluralitynoun

(countable) A group of many entities: a large number.

Pluralitynoun

(countable) A group composed of more than one entity.

Pluralitynoun

(of spouses) Polygamy.

Pluralitynoun

The state of being plural, or consisting of more than one; a number consisting of two or more of the same kind; as, a plurality of worlds; the plurality of a verb.

Pluralitynoun

The greater number; a majority; also, the greatest of several numbers; in elections, the excess of the votes given for one candidate over those given for another, or for any other, candidate. When there are more than two candidates, the one who receives the plurality of votes may have less than a majority. See Majority.

Pluralitynoun

See Plurality of benefices, below.

Pluralitynoun

the state of being plural;

Pluralitynoun

a large indefinite number;

Pluralitynoun

(in an election with more than 2 options) the number of votes for the candidate or party receiving the greatest number (but less that half of the votes)

Unitynoun

(uncountable) Oneness; the state or fact of being one undivided entity.

Unitynoun

Agreement; harmony.

Unitynoun

A single undivided thing, seen as complete in itself.

Unitynoun

(drama) Any of the three classical rules of drama: unity of action (nothing should be admitted not directly relevant to the development of the plot), unity of place (the scenes should be set in the same place), and unity of time (all the events should be such as might happen within a single day).

Unitynoun

(mathematics) The number 1 or any element of a set or field that behaves under a given operation as the number 1 behaves under multiplication.

Unitynoun

(legal) The peculiar characteristics of an estate held by several in joint tenancy.

Unitynoun

(Quakerism) The form of consensus in a Quaker meeting for business which signals that a decision has been reached. In order to achieve unity, everyone who does not agree with the decision must explicitly stand aside, possibly being recorded in the minutes as doing so.

Unitynoun

The state of being one; oneness.

Unitynoun

Concord; harmony; conjunction; agreement; uniformity; as, a unity of proofs; unity of doctrine.

Unitynoun

Any definite quantity, or aggregate of quantities or magnitudes taken as one, or for which 1 is made to stand in calculation; thus, in a table of natural sines, the radius of the circle is regarded as unity.

Unitynoun

In dramatic composition, one of the principles by which a uniform tenor of story and propriety of representation are preserved; conformity in a composition to these; in oratory, discourse, etc., the due subordination and reference of every part to the development of the leading idea or the eastablishment of the main proposition.

Unitynoun

Such a combination of parts as to constitute a whole, or a kind of symmetry of style and character.

Unitynoun

The peculiar characteristics of an estate held by several in joint tenancy.

Unitynoun

an unreduced or unbroken completeness or totality

Unitynoun

the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number;

Unitynoun

the quality of being united into one