Category:Univocal

U*niv"o*cal, a. Etym: [l. univocus; unus one + vox, vocis, a voice, Word. See one, and voice.]

1. Having one meaning only; -- contrasted with equivocal.

2. Having unison of sound, as the octave in music. See unison, n., 2.

3. Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular. [r.] Sir t. Browne.

4. Unequivocal; indubitable. [obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Univocal U*niv"o*cal, n.

1. (aristotelian logic)

Defn: a generic term, or a term applicable in the same sense to all The species it embraces.

2. A word having but one meaning.