unitary

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective relating to or characterized by or aiming toward unity
adjective of or pertaining to or involving the use of units
adjective characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is held by one central authority

From unit + -ary.

He tried it by practice and the unitary method, by multiplication, and by rule-of-three-and-three-quarters. — The Book of Dragons, E. (Edith) Nesbit
[3] Cannot the breaks, the jolts, the margin of foreignness, be exorcised from other things and leave them unitary like the space they fill? — The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy, William James
For example, Sony of America and a coalition of Japanese investors recently contributed hundreds of thousands to legislators of Florida and California to encourage the defeat of those states' unfair unitary taxes on foreign- owned companies. — The Samurai Strategy, Thomas Hoover

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