Unification or unification theory may refer to:
Computer science
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Unification (computer science)
In logic and computer science, specifically automated reasoning, unification is an algorithmic process of solving equations between symbolic expression (mathematics), expressions, each of the form ''Left-hand side = Right-hand side''. For example, ...
, 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 featur ...
, an orthographic issue dealt with by Unicode
Physics
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Unification (physics)
Unification of theories about 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 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 any Mathematical model, model in particle physics that merges the electromagnetism, electromagnetic, weak interaction, weak, and strong interaction, strong fundamental interaction, forces (the three gauge theory, ...
, a model in particle physics
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Unified field theory
In physics, a Unified Field Theory (UFT) or “Theory of Everything” is a type of field theory that allows all fundamental forces of nature, including gravity, and all elementary particles to be written in terms of a single physical field. Ac ...
, 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
Semantic unification is the process of unifying lexically different concept representations that are judged to have the same semantic content (i.e., meaning). In business processes, the conceptual semantic unification is defined as "the mapping ...
, in philosophy, linguistics, and computer science
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Unification Church
The Unification Church () is a new religious movement, whose members are called Unificationists or sometimes informally Moonies. It was founded in 1954 by Sun Myung Moon in Seoul, South Korea, as the Holy Spirit Association for the Unificatio ...
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 political entity which is composed of, or created from, smaller politics or the process which achieves this. These smaller polities are usually called federated states and federal territories in a federal gove ...
See also
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Unification Church
The Unification Church () is a new religious movement, whose members are called Unificationists or sometimes informally Moonies. It was founded in 1954 by Sun Myung Moon in Seoul, South Korea, as the Holy Spirit Association for the Unificatio ...
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Unionism (disambiguation)
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Unified (disambiguation)
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