unitary

adjective

Of or relating to a unit.

adjective

Having the nature of a unit; whole.

adjective

Based on or characterized by one or more units.

Of or relating to a unit; of the nature of a unit; not divided; entire: specifically noting in chemistry that system in which the molecules of all bodies are compared, as to their magnitude, with one molecule—water, for example—and all chemical reactions are as far as possible reduced to one typical form of reaction, namely double decomposition. Of or pertaining to, or characterized by, unity or uniformity; also, directed at or striving for unity: as, a unitary system of thought; in politics, centralized.

In biology, monistic, as distinguished from dualistic.

Pertaining to or of the nature of a unit (of measurement).

In mathematics, involving a root to unit power.

adjective

Of or pertaining to a unit or units; relating to unity.

adjective

Of the nature of a unit; not divided; united.

adjective

the modern theory that the molecules of all complete compounds are units, whose parts are bound together in definite structure, with mutual and reciprocal influence on each other, and are not mere aggregations of more or less complex groups; — distinguished from the dualistic theory.