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Uniformity vs Unification - What's the difference?

uniformity | unification |

As nouns the difference between uniformity and unification

is that uniformity is the state of being uniform, alike and lacking diversity while unification is the act of unifying.

uniformity

English

Noun

(-)
  • The state of being uniform, alike and lacking diversity.
  • The absence of alternativism.

    • Derived terms

    * (in Wikipedia) * (in Wikipedia)

    unification

    English

    Noun

  • The act of unifying.
  • The state of being unified.
  • (mathematical logic, computer science) Given two terms, their join with respect to a specialisation order.
  • *
    • 5.7.T ( Unification theorem' ) For any two terms or formulas
    without quantifiers X and Y, the following holds.
    (i) The '     unification     algorithm UNIF1, applied to X, Y,
    terminates after a finite number of steps.
    (ii) {X, Y} is unifiable iff UNIF1 so indicates upon ter-
    mination. Moreover, the substitution σ then available as out-
    put is a most general unifier of {X, Y}.

    Derived terms

    * unificationist * unificatory

    Antonyms

    * division

    See also

    * reunification

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