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univocal

A ที่ มีความหมาย เดียว เท่านั้น 

 

univocally

ADV อย่าง มีความหมาย เดียว เท่านั้น 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNIVOCAL

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. ]

 

UNIVOCALLY

adv. 1. In one term; in one sense.
How is sin univocally distinguished into venial and mortal, if the venial be not sin?
2. In one tenor. [Little used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

UNIVOCAL

U *niv "o *cal, a. Etym: [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.

 

UNIVOCAL

UNIVOCAL U *niv "o *cal, n.

 

1. (Aristotelian Logic )

 

Defn: A generic term, or a term applicable in the same sense to all the species it embraces.

 

2. A word having but one meaning.

 

UNIVOCALLY

UNIVOCALLY U *niv "o *cal *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a univocal manner; in one term; in one sense; not equivocally. How is sin univocally distinguished into venial and mortal, if the venial be not sin Bp. Hall.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

univocal

u niv o cal |ˌyo͞onəˈvōkəl, yo͞oˈnivə -ˌjunəˈvoʊkəl | adjective Philosophy & Linguistics (of a word or term ) having only one possible meaning; unambiguous: a univocal set of instructions. DERIVATIVES u niv o cal i ty |ˌyo͞onəˌvōˈkalətē |noun, u niv o cal ly adverb

 

Oxford Dictionary

univocal

univocal |ˌjuːnɪˈvəʊk (ə )l, juːˈnɪvək (ə )l | adjective Philosophy & Linguistics (of a word or term ) having only one possible meaning; unambiguous: a univocal set of instructions. DERIVATIVES univocality |ˌjuːnɪvə (ʊ )ˈkalɪti |noun, univocally adverb