unification (unifikashon)

[F. unifi cation = Sp. unific a cion; The view of reason here taken is opposed to all such views as would make it consist in the logical principle of unity, a principle compelling us to unify all our conceptions, leading, with Kant, up to the three Ideas of the Pure Reason, God, the World, and the Soul. This unifi cation is sufficiently provided for by the principle of Parsimony, and the facts on which it rests. S. H. Hodgson , Time and Space, § 64. unifier (ü'ni-fi-ér), n. [ unify + -er1.] One who or that which unifies. That History of Culture itself, which is the great unifier and justifier and purifier of all our teaching. W. K. Clifford , Lectures, II. 292. unifilar (ū-ni-fi'lär), a. and n. [L. unus, one, + filum, a thread, + -ar2.] I. a. Having only one thread: specifically applied to a magnetometer consisting of a magnetic bar suspended by a single thread. See magnetometer. II. n . A unifilar magnetometer.