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  Unitary may refer to:

  • In automotive design
    Automotive design

    Automotive design is the profession involved in the development of the appearance, and to some extent the ergonomics, of motor vehicles or more specifically road vehicles....
    , unitary construction is another common term for a unibody or monocoque
    Monocoque

    Monocoque, from Greek language for single and French for shell , is a construction technique that supports structural load by using an object's external skin as opposed to using an internal frame or truss that is then covered with a non-load-bearing skin....
     construction
  • In Christian doctrine, unitarianism
    Unitarianism

    Unitarianism as a theology is the belief in the single personality of God, in contrast to the doctrine of the Trinity . It is the philosophy upon which the modern Unitarian movement was based, and, according to its proponents, is the Early Christianity of Christianity....
     is the belief in a "unitary God" as opposed to the concept of the Trinity.
    • Unitarian Universalism
      Unitarian Universalism

      Unitarian Universalism is a liberal religion religion characterized by its support for a "free and responsible search for truth and meaning." Unitarian Universalists do not share a creed; rather, they are unified by their shared search for spiritual growth....
       (sometimes called "Unitarianism") is an interfaith church which draws its name from an interfaith concept of "unitary God" (as opposed to an exclusively Christian concept)
  • Unitary state
    Unitary state

    A unitary state is a country whose three organs of state are governed as one single unit. The political power of government in such states may well be transferred to lower levels, to national, regional or local elected assemblies, governors and mayors , but the central government retains the principal right to recall such delegated power ....
     and Unitary authority
    Unitary authority

    A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national government....
     - types of political regions
  • Unitary enterprise - Type of Government owned corporation in Russia and Belarus
  • Promoters of unitary executive theory
    Unitary executive theory

    The unitary executive theory is a theory of United States Constitution holding that the President of the United States controls the entire executive branch....
     call themselves "unitarians".


In mathematics
Mathematics

Mathematics is the study of quantity, structure, space, change, and related topics of pattern and form. Mathematicians seek out patterns whether found in numbers, space, natural science, computers, imaginary abstractions, or elsewhere....
, see:
  • Unitary matrix
    Unitary matrix

    In mathematics, a unitary matrix is an n by n complex number matrix U satisfying the condition where is the identity matrix and is the conjugate transpose of U....
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  • Unitary operator
    Unitary operator

    In functional analysis, a branch of mathematics, a unitary operator is a bounded linear operator U : H ? H on a Hilbert space H satisfying...
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  • Unitary transformation
    Unitary transformation

    Informally, a unitary transformation is a transformation that respects the dot product: the dot product of two vectors before the transformation is equal to their dot product after the transformation....
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  • Unitary group
    Unitary group

    In mathematics, the unitary group of degree n, denoted U, is the group of n×n unitary matrix, with the group operation that of matrix multiplication....
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  • Unitary representation
    Unitary representation

    In mathematics, a unitary representation of a Group G is a linear representation p of G on a complex Hilbert space V such that p is a unitary operator for every g ? G....
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  • Note: Some authors use the word "unitary" synonymously with unital
    Unital

    In mathematics, an Algebra over a field is unital if it contains a multiplicative identity element , i.e. an element 1 with the property 1x = x1 = x for all elements x of the algebra....


For the role played by the mathematical concept of unitarity in physics, see:
  • Unitarity (physics)
    Unitarity (physics)

    In quantum physics, unitarity means that the sum of probabilities of all possible outcome of any event is always 1. This is necessary for the theory to be consistent....
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