Unification or unification theory may refer to:
Computer science
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Unification (computer science) In logic and computer science, unification is an algorithmic process of solving equations between symbolic expressions.
Depending on which expressions (also called ''terms'') are allowed to occur in an equation set (also called ''unification prob ...
, the act of identifying two terms with a suitable substitution
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Unification (graph theory), the computation of the most general graph that subsumes one or more argument graphs (if such a graph exists)
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Han unification
Han unification is an effort by the authors of Unicode and the Universal Character Set to map multiple character sets of the Han characters of the so-called CJK languages into a single set of unified characters. Han characters are a feature s ...
, an orthographic issue dealt with by Unicode
Physics
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Unification (physics) Unification of the observable fundamental phenomena of nature is one of the primary goals of physics. The two great unifications to date are Isaac Newton’s unification of gravity and astronomy, and James Clerk Maxwell’s unification of electroma ...
of the observable fundamental phenomena of nature is one of the primary goals of physics
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Grand Unified Theory
A Grand Unified Theory (GUT) is a model in particle physics in which, at high energies, the three gauge interactions of the Standard Model comprising the electromagnetic, weak, and strong forces are merged into a single force. Although this ...
, a model in particle physics
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Unified field theory
In physics, a unified field theory (UFT) is a type of field theory that allows all that is usually thought of as fundamental forces and elementary particles to be written in terms of a pair of physical and virtual fields. According to the modern ...
, a type of field theory
Popular culture
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''Unification'' (album), a 1998 album by the band Iron Savior
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"Unification" (Star Trek: The Next Generation), a two-part episode of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''
Sport
* The act of producing an
undisputed championship in boxing
* The act of producing an
undisputed championship in professional wrestling
Other uses
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Semantic unification, in philosophy, linguistics, and computer science
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Unification Church
The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, widely known as the Unification Church, is a new religious movement, whose members are called Unificationists, or "Moonies". It was officially founded on 1 May 1954 under the name Holy Spi ...
or Movement, a spiritual movement founded in Korea
* Unification or re-unification of sovereign states, see
political union
A political union is a type of polity, political entity which is composed of, or created from, smaller polities, or the process which achieves this. These administrative subdivision, smaller polities are usually called federated states and federal ...
See also
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Unification Church
The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, widely known as the Unification Church, is a new religious movement, whose members are called Unificationists, or "Moonies". It was officially founded on 1 May 1954 under the name Holy Spi ...
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Unionism (disambiguation)
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Unified (disambiguation)
Unified may refer to:
* The Unified, a wine symposium held in Sacramento, California, USA
* ''Unified'', the official student newspaper of Canterbury Christ Church University
* UNFD, an Australian record label
* ''Unified'' (Sweet & Lynch album) ...
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