English Dictionary

univocal

IPA（発音記号）

/juːnɪˈvəʊkəl/

形容詞

比較不可

Having only one possible meaning. / Containing instances of only one vowel; univocalic. / Having unison of sound, as the octave has in music.

日本語の意味

意味が一つである / 一種類の母音のみを含む（単母音の） / 音の調和があり、音楽のオクターブのような一致を示す

The contract's univocal terms left no room for disagreement.

契約の一義的な条項は、意見の相違の余地を残さなかった。

意味（1）

Having only one possible meaning.

There were, he argued, some words, such as ‘fat’ or ‘exhausted’, that could not apply to God, but if such terms as ‘being’, ‘goodness’ or ‘wisdom’ were not univocal of God and creatures, ‘one could not naturally have any concept of God – which is false.’

意味（2）

Containing instances of only one vowel; univocalic.

Eunoia is a univocal lipogram — an anomalous narrative, in which each vowel appears by itself in its own chapter, telling a story in its own voice.

意味（3）

Having unison of sound, as the octave has in music.

意味（4）

Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular.

But I am much pleased at the repetition of the divine favour to you in the like instances; that God hath given you another testimony of his love to your person, and care of your family ; it is an engagement to you of new degrees of duty, which you cannot but superadde to the former, because the principle is genuine and prolific, and all the emanations of grace are univocal and alike.

意味（5）

Unequivocal; indubitable.

There is no blessed soul goes to heaven but he makes a general joy in all the mansions where the saints do dwell, and in all the chapels where the angels sing ; and the joys of religion are not univocal, but productive of rare and accidental and preternatural pleasures ; for the music of holy hymns delights the ear and refreshes the spirit, and makes the very bones of the saints to rejoice.