Unity Definition–noun, plural -ties. | 1. | the state of being one; oneness. | | 2. | a whole or totality as combining all its parts into one. | | 3. | the state or fact of being united or combined into one, as of the parts of a whole; unification. | | 4. | absence of diversity; unvaried or uniform character. | | 5. | oneness of mind, feeling, etc., as among a number of persons; concord, harmony, or agreement. | | 6. | Mathematics. | a. | the number one; a quantity regarded as one. | | | 7. | (in literature and art) a relation of all the parts or elements of a work constituting a harmonious whole and producing a single general effect. | | 8. | one of the three principles of dramatic structure (the three unities) derived from Aristotelian aesthetics and formalized in the neoclassic canon in which a play is required to represent action as taking place in one day (unity of time), as occurring within one place (unity of place), and as having a single plot with a beginning, middle, and end (unity of action). | |
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Candle Definition–noun | 1. | a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light. | | 2. | something resembling a candle in appearance or use. | | 3. | Optics. | b. | Also called international candle. a unit of luminous intensity, defined as a fraction of the luminous intensity of a group of 45 carbon-filament lamps: used from 1909 to 1948 as the international standard. | | c. | a unit of luminous intensity, equal to the luminous intensity of a wax candle of standard specifications:
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used prior to 1909 as the international standard. Abbreviation: c., c | | –verb (used with object) | 4. | to examine (eggs) for freshness, fertility, etc., by holding them up to a bright light. | | 5. | to hold (a bottle of wine) in front of a lighted candle while decanting so as to detect sediment and prevent its being poured off with the wine. | —Idioms | 6. | burn the candle at both ends. burn (def. 43). | | 7. | hold a candle to, to compare favorably with (usually used in the negative): She's smart, but she can't hold a candle to her sister. | | 8. | worth the candle, worth the trouble or effort involved (usually used in the negative): Trying to win them over to your viewpoint is not worth the candle. | |
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