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unified field theory
in particle physics, an attempt to describe all fundamental forces and the relationships between elementary particles in terms of a single theoretical framework. In physics, forces can be described by ...
unified science
in the philosophy of logical positivism, a doctrine holding that all sciences share the same language, laws, and method or at least one or two of these features. A unity-of-science ...
Unified Silla Dynasty
(668-935), dynasty that unified the three kingdoms of the Korean peninsula-Silla, Paekche, and Koguryo. The old Silla kingdom had forged an alliance with T'ang China (618-907) and had conquered the ...
uniform circular motion
motion of a particle moving at a constant speed on a circle. In the , the velocity vector v of the particle is constant in magnitude, but it changes in ...
uniformitarianism
in geology, the doctrine that existing processes acting in the same manner and with essentially the same intensity as at present are sufficient to account for all geologic change. Uniformitarianism ...
Unigenitus
bull issued by Pope Clement XI on Sept. 8, 1713, condemning the doctrines of Jansenism, a dissident religious movement within France. The publication of the bull began a doctrinal controversy ...
Unilever
either of twin companies, Unilever PLC (based in London) and Unilever NV (based in Rotterdam), which are the holding companies for more than 500 companies worldwide engaged in the manufacture ...
Union
county, northeastern New Jersey, U.S., bounded by the Passaic River to the west, Newark Bay and Arthur Kill to the east, the Rahway River to the southeast, and Green Brook ...
Union
county, central Pennsylvania, U.S., bounded by the West Branch Susquehanna River to the east and Penns Creek Mountain to the south. The mountainous ridge-and-valley terrain includes Buffalo, Paddy, and Nittany ...
Union
city, seat of Union county, northern South Carolina, U.S. It lies in hilly piedmont country near the Broad River, 68 miles (109 km) northwest of Columbia. Union was first settled ...
Union
township (town), Union county, northeastern New Jersey, U.S., on the Elizabeth River, 5 miles (8 km) northwest of the town of Elizabeth, New Jersey. Settled in 1749 as Connecticut Farms, ...
Union
county, northeastern New Mexico, U.S., bordered on the north by Colorado and on the east by Oklahoma and Texas. It lies in the Great Plains. The eastern landscape is marked ...
Union
county, northern South Carolina, U.S. It is bordered by the Pacolet River to the north, the Broad River to the east, and the Enoree River to the south. The southern ...
Union Bank of Switzerland
one of the largest commercial banks in Switzerland, with overseas representative offices and branches. Headquarters are in Zurich.
Union Carbide Corporation
major American manufacturer of chemicals, petrochemicals, and related products. Headquarters are in Danbury, Conn., U.S.
Union City
city, Hudson county, northeastern New Jersey, U.S., just north of Hoboken. It lies near the western end of the Lincoln Tunnel, on the Palisades overlooking the Hudson River and New ...
Union College
private, coeducational institution of higher education located in Schenectady, New York, U.S. Comprising about 20 academic departments, it offers a curriculum in liberal arts and engineering, with an emphasis on ...
Union League
in U.S. history, any of the associations originally organized in the North to inspire loyalty to the Union cause during the American Civil War. During Reconstruction, they spread to the ...
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
former northern Eurasian empire (1917/22-1991) stretching from the Baltic and Black seas to the Pacific Ocean and, in its final years, consisting of 15 Soviet Socialist Republics (S.S.R.'s)-Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belorussia ...
Union Pacific Railroad Company
company that extended the American railway system to the Pacific Coast; it was incorporated by an act of the U.S. Congress on July 1, 1862. The original rail line was ...
union shop
arrangement requiring workers to join a particular union and pay dues within a specified period of time after beginning employment-usually 30 to 90 days. Such an arrangement guarantees that workers ...
Union, Act of
(Jan. 1, 1801), legislative agreement uniting Great Britain (England and Scotland) and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Union, Act of
(May 1, 1707), treaty that effected the union of England and Scotland under the name of Great Britain.
Uniontown
city, seat (1784) of Fayette county, southwestern Pennsylvania, U.S. It lies along Redstone Creek, among the rugged foothills of the Allegheny Mountains, 45 miles (72 km) southeast of Pittsburgh. Settled ...
unique-headed bug
any of the approximately 130 insect species of the family Enicocephalidae (order Heteroptera). The unique-headed bug, found throughout the world, is about 4 mm (0.2 inch) long and, as indicated ...
unisexuality
in biology, the condition of an organism or species capable of producing only male or female gametes (sex cells) but never both. A unisexual organism of a bisexual species is ...
UNISON
British labour union, an affiliate of the Trades Union Congress, the national organization of British trade unions. UNISON was created in 1993 through the merger of several unions, including the ...
Unisys Corporation
American manufacturer of computer systems. The company was formed in 1986 from the merger of Sperry Corporation and Burroughs Corporation.
unit train
freight train composed of cars carrying a single type of commodity that are all bound for the same destination. By hauling only one kind of freight for one destination, a ...
Unitarian Universalist Association
religious organization in the United States formed in May 1961 by merger of the Universalist Church of America and the American Unitarian Association. The American Unitarian Association was founded in ...
Unitarianism and Universalism
liberal religious movements that have merged in the United States. In previous centuries they appealed for their views to Scripture interpreted by reason, but most contemporary Unitarians and Universalists base ...
Unitas Fratrum
(Latin: "Unity of Brethren"), Protestant religious group inspired by Hussite spiritual ideals in Bohemia in the mid-15th century. They followed a simple, humble life of nonviolence, using the Bible as ...
Unitas, Johnny
American professional gridiron football quarterback who in 1969 was named the greatest all-time National Football League (NFL) quarterback.
United Airlines, Inc.
American international airline serving North America, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe. Headquarters are at Elk Grove Village, a suburb of Chicago, Ill.
United Arab Emirates
union of seven tiny emirates along the eastern Persian Gulf coast of the Arabian Peninsula. Formerly known as the Trucial States, Trucial Oman, or the Trucial Sheikhdoms, they are bordered ...
United Arab Republic
political union of Egypt and Syria proclaimed on Feb. 1, 1958, and ratified in nationwide plebiscites. It ended on Sept. 28, 1961, when Syria, following a military coup, declared itself ...
United Artists Corporation
major investor in and distributor of independently produced motion pictures in the United States. The corporation was formed in 1919 by Charlie Chaplin, the comedy star; Mary Pickford and her ...
United Australia Party
(UAP; 1931-44), political party formed by a fusion of Nationalist Party and conservative Australian Labor Party members, which alone or in coalition with the Country Party controlled the Australian commonwealth ...
United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America: International Union
American industrial union of automotive and other vehicular workers, headquartered in Detroit, Michigan.
United Brands Company
American corporation formed in 1970 in the merger of United Fruit Company and AMK Corporation (the holding company for John Morrell and Co., meat-packers). It engages in the production and ...
United Church of Canada
church established June 10, 1925, in Toronto, Ont., by the union of the Congregational, Methodist, and Presbyterian churches of Canada. The three churches were each the result of mergers that ...
United Church of Christ
Protestant denomination in the United States, formed by the union of the Evangelical and Reformed Church and the General Council of Congregational Christian Churches. Each was the result of former ...
United Daughters of the Confederacy
American women's patriotic society, founded in Nashville, Tenn., on Sept. 10, 1894, that draws its members from descendants of those who served in the Confederacy's armed forces or government or ...
United Development Party
a moderate Islamist political party in Indonesia.
United Evangelical Lutheran Church
church organized in 1896 in Minneapolis, Minn., as the United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America by merger of the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America (the North Church) ...
United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany
union of 10 Lutheran territorial churches in Germany, organized in 1948 at Eisenach, E.Ger. The territorial churches were those of Bavaria, Brunswick, Hamburg, Hanover, Mecklenburg, Saxony, Schaumburg-Lippe, Schleswig-Holstein, and Thuringia. ...
United Free Church of Scotland
Presbyterian church formed in 1900 as the result of the union between the Free Church of Scotland and the United Presbyterian Church (qq.v.). A series of unanimous decisions brought the ...
United Front
in Chinese history, either of two coalitions between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Nationalist Party (Kuomintang [KMT]). The first United Front was begun in 1924. In return for ...
United Fruit Company
major division of United Brands Company (q.v.).
United House of Prayer for All People
Pentecostal Holiness church founded by Bishop Charles Emmanuel ("Sweet Daddy") Grace (1881/84?-1960). After leaving a job as a cook on a Southern railway, he began to preach, assuming the name ...
United Ireland Party
Irish political party officially called by its Irish name, Fine Gael (q.v.).
United Irishmen, Society of
Irish political organization formed in October 1791 by Theobald Wolfe Tone, James Napper Tandy, and Thomas Russell to achieve Roman Catholic emancipation and (with Protestant cooperation) parliamentary reform. British attempts ...
United Kingdom
island country located off the northwestern coast of mainland Europe. The United Kingdom comprises the whole of the island of Great Britain-which contains England, Wales, and Scotland-as well as the ...
United Methodist Church
in the United States, a major Protestant church formed in 1968 in Dallas, Texas, by the union of The Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church. It developed from ...
United Mine Workers of America
American labour union, founded in 1890, that engaged in bitter, though often successful, disputes with coal mine operators for safe working conditions, fair pay, and other worker benefits. An industrial ...
United Nations
international organization established on October 24, 1945. The United Nations was the second multipurpose international ...
United Nations Capital Development Fund
United Nations (UN) organization established by the General Assembly in 1966 and fully operational in 1974. Headquartered in New York City, the UNDF, a semi-autonomous unit of the United Nations ...
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
conference held at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (June 3-14, 1992), to reconcile worldwide economic development with protection of the environment. The Earth Summit was the largest gathering of world leaders ...
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
permanent organ of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, established in 1964 to promote trade, investment, and development in developing countries. Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, UNCTAD has approximately 190 members.
United Nations Development Programme
United Nations (UN) organization formed in 1965 to help countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable human development, an approach to economic growth that emphasizes improving the quality of life of ...
United Nations Environment Programme
organization established in 1972 to guide and coordinate environmental activities within the United Nations (UN) system. UNEP promotes international cooperation on environmental issues, provides guidance to UN organizations, and, through ...
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Office of the
organization established as the successor to the International Refugee Organization (IRO; 1946-52) by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in 1951 to provide legal and political protection for refugees until ...
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
international UN development agency, based in Vienna, that was established by the General Assembly on January 1, 1967. UNIDO's governing body, the General Conference, meets every two years and determines ...
United Nations Institute for Training and Research
United Nations organization established in 1965 to provide high-priority training and research projects to help facilitate the UN objectives of world peace and security and of economic and social progress. ...
United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency
economic-rehabilitation program (1950-58) established to aid South Korea in recovering from the disruption caused by the 1945 partition creating the two Korean republics. In addition to problems of economic reconstruction, ...
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
agency of the United Nations (UN) Secretariat originally established in 1972 to coordinate international relief activities to countries struck by natural or other disasters. It is headed by a disaster ...
United Nations Peacekeeping Forces
international armed forces first used in 1948 to observe cease-fires in Kashmir and Palestine. Although not specifically mentioned in the United Nations (UN) Charter, the use of international forces as ...
United Nations Population Fund
trust fund under the jurisdiction of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Established in 1969, the UNFPA is the largest international source of assistance for population programs and the leading ...
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
administrative body (1943-47) for an extensive social-welfare program that assisted nations ravaged by World War II. Created on Nov. 9, 1943, by a 44-nation agreement, its operations concentrated on distributing ...
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
subsidiary agency created by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in 1949 to provide relief, health, and education services for Palestinians who lost both their homes and means of livelihood ...
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
autonomous United Nations body established in 1964 to conduct research into the problems and policies of social and economic development. UNRISD is dependent on voluntary contributions from governments, from other ...
United Party
one of the leading political parties of the Republic of South Africa from 1934 to 1977, governing from 1934 to 1948.
United Pentecostal Church, Inc.
Protestant denomination organized in St. Louis, Mo., U.S., in 1945 by merger of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Jesus Christ and the Pentecostal Church, Inc. It is the largest of the ...
United Presbyterian Church
denomination that flourished in Scotland from 1847 to 1900. It was formed through the union of the United Secession Church and the Relief Church, which had developed from groups that ...
United Press International
American-based news agency, one of the largest proprietary news wire services in the world. It was created in 1958 upon the merger of the United Press (UP; 1907) with the ...
United Provinces of Central America
(1823-40), union of what are now the states of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua.