Union Definition
union
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary Jump to: navigation, search See also Union, the Union, and unión
Contents |
English
Wikipedia has articles on: UnionEtymology
From Old French union, from Late Latin unionem, from Latin ūnus (“one”)
Pronunciation
Noun
union (plural unions)
- The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, or the state of being united or joined; junction; coalition; combination.
- That which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league.
- A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.
- (set theory) The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.
- The act or state of marriage.
- Sexual intercourse.
- (computing) A data structure that can store any of various items, but only one at a time.
Derived terms
- banjo union
- enterprise union
- trades union, trade union
- union card
- unionised, unionized
- European Union
- Soviet Union
Related terms
See also
Part or all of this page has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Anagrams
Esperanto
Noun
union
- accusative singular of unio
French
Etymology
From Late Latin unionem (nominative: unio).
Pronunciation
-
audio (file)
Noun
union f. (plural unions)
- an union
|
[Hide]▼
Look up union in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Union may refer to:
Contents
- 1 History and politics
- 2 Music
- 3 Sport and entertainment
- 4 Education
- 5 Transport
- 6 Mathematics and computer science
- 7 Places
- 8 Other uses
- 9 See also
History and politics
- Trade union, an organization of workers
- Union (American Civil War)
- Acts of Union 1707, the formation of Great Britain
- Act of Union (1800), the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Union of South Africa, the predecessor to the present-day Republic of South Africa
- Union State, an entity combining the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus
- Union Councils of Bangladesh
- Union councils of Pakistan
- Personal union
- Dynastic union
- Political union
Music
- Union (band)
- Union (The Boxer Rebellion album)
- Union (Chara album)
- Union (Toni Childs album)
- Union (Puya album)
- Union (Rasa album), by Rasa
- Union (Union album)
- Union (Yes album)
- "Union" (Black Eyed Peas song)
- "Union (Slopes of St. Benedict)", a song by Sabaton on the album The Art of War
Sport and entertainment
- Union (comic), a Star Wars miniseries
- Union (comics), a Wildstorm character
- The Union (professional wrestling)
- The Union: The Business Behind Getting High, a 2007 documentary film
- Philadelphia Union, a soccer team
- Rugby union, a sport
Education
- Union College (disambiguation)
- Union Institute & University, a college specializing in distance learning
- Union Public Schools, a school district in Oklahoma
- Union Theological College, in Northern Ireland
- Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York
- Union Theological Seminary & Presbyterian School of Christian Education, in Virginia
- Union University, a Baptist college in Tennessee
- Union University (New York), a federation of New York state institutions
- Union University (Serbia)
Transport
- Union Station (disambiguation)
- Union (TTC), a subway station in Toronto, named for the adjacent railway station
- Union Railroad (disambiguation)
- HMS Union, the name of several British Royal Navy ships
- USS Union, the name of several United States Navy ships
- Union (ship), a snow sunk in Fiji in 1804
Mathematics and computer science
- Union (set theory)
- Union (SQL)
- Union (computer science), a type of data
- Union mount, a concept in file storage
Places
- Canada
- Paraguay
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- United States
- Union, Alabama
- Union, California
- Union, Connecticut
- Union, Illinois
- Union, Iowa
- Union, Nevada
- Union, Kentucky
- Union Parish, Louisiana
- Union, Maine
- Union, Mississippi
- Union, Missouri
- Union, Nebraska
- Union, New York
- Union, Ohio
- Union, Oregon
- Union, South Carolina
- Union, Virginia
- Union, West Virginia
- Union, Wisconsin (disambiguation)
Other uses
- Union (plumbing), a pipe fitting
- Half-union, a coin
- Gabrielle Union, American actress
- Peach Union
See also
- Alliance
- Mount Union (disambiguation)
- Soyuz (disambiguation)
- Union City (disambiguation)
- Union County (disambiguation)
- Union Springs (disambiguation)
- Uniontown (disambiguation)
- Union Township (disambiguation)
- Unionville (disambiguation)
- West Union (disambiguation)
[Hide]▲