The Collaborative International Dictionary
Univocal \U*niv"o*cal\, a. [L. univocus; unus one + vox, vocis, a voice, word. See One, and Voice.]
Having one meaning only; -- contrasted with equivocal.
Having unison of sound, as the octave in music. See Unison, n., 2.
Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular. [R.]
--Sir T. Browne.Unequivocal; indubitable. [Obs.]
--Jer. Taylor.
Univocal \U*niv"o*cal\, n.
(Aristotelian Logic) A generic term, or a term applicable in the same sense to all the species it embraces.
A word having but one meaning.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
a. 1 Having only one possible meaning. 2 Containing only one vowel. 3 Having unison of sound, as the octave has in music. 4 Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular. 5 unequivocal; indubitable.
WordNet
adj. admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion; "unequivocal evidence"; "took an unequivocal position"; "an unequivocal success"; "an unequivocal promise"; "an unequivocal (or univocal) statement" [syn: unequivocal, unambiguous] [ant: equivocal]
Usage examples of "univocal".
The knowledge of Christ we are now speaking about was univocal with our knowledge, even as His soul was of the same species as ours.
The global expansion of capitalism, however, was neither a uniform nor a univocal process.
The single and univocal pinnacle of world command is thus articulated by the transnational corporations and the organization of markets.
This rigid and univocal command is seen as having such power that all forms of labor power are considered as being purely and exclusively determined by capital.
Incandenza, although the woman is so multileveled and indictment-proof that it is difficult to feel comfortable with any sort of univocal accusation of anything.