unity

unité, cohésion

Sentiment ou situation où des personnes se rassemblent et se soutiennent mutuellement.

En anglais simple : A feeling or situation in which people join together and support each other.

• The team showed great unity.
• The president called for national unity after the disaster.
• Working together helped build unity among the neighbors.

Synonymes : solidarity, togetherness

Contraires : division

Expressions courantes : national unity, promote unity

unité

Fait de former une seule chose complète, sans parties séparées.

En anglais simple : The state of being a single complete thing, with no separate parts.

• The painting has a strong sense of unity.
• The philosopher explored the unity of mind and body.
• Removing that scene would damage the artistic unity of the film.

Synonymes : oneness, wholeness

Contraires : fragmentation

Expressions courantes : unity of something, artistic unity

unité

Le nombre un, notamment dans les expressions mathématiques.

En anglais simple : The number one, especially in mathematical expressions.

• The ratio is equal to unity.
• Dividing any positive number by itself gives unity.
• This fraction has a value less than unity.

Synonymes : one

Expressions courantes : equal to unity, less than unity

unité, élément neutre

Le nombre un, ou un élément qui ne change pas un autre élément lorsqu’on les multiplie.

En anglais simple : One, or an element that leaves another element unchanged when they are multiplied together.

• One is the unity of this number system.
• We calculated the three cube roots of unity.
• The identity matrix serves as unity under matrix multiplication.

Synonymes : multiplicative identity

Expressions courantes : roots of unity, multiplicative unity