having a single, sharply defined sense or nature; unambiguous
univocal in American English
(juːˈnɪvəkəl, ˌjuːnəˈvou-)
adjective
having only one meaning; unambiguous
Derived forms
univocally
adverb
Word origin
[1535–45; ‹ LL ūnivōc(us) (ūni-uni- + -vōcus, adj. deriv. of vōx, s. vōc-, voice) + -al1]This word is first recorded in the period 1535–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: agglutination, credit, protocol, suture, troop
Examples of 'univocal' in a sentence
univocal
The reasons for the persistence of respiratory morbidity to adulthood are not univocal.
Maria Francesca Patria, Stefano Ghislanzoni, Francesco Macchini, Mara Lelii, AlessandroMori, Ernesto Leva, Nicola Principi, Susanna Esposito 2017, 'Respiratory Morbidity in Children with Repaired Congenital Esophageal Atresia withor without Tracheoesophageal Fistula', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Healthhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/14/10/1136. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The univocal conclusion of deterioration of forest quality has been drawn.
V. A. Sokolov, N. V. Sokolova, O. P. Vtyurina, E. А. Lapin 2017, 'Forecast for the dynamics of forests in Krasnoyarsk Krai', Sibirskij Lesnoj Žurnal http://xn--80abmehbaibgnewcmzjeef0c.xn--p1ai/upload/iblock/7d6/7d6e5fb15e72dcb76d6892db0c9171bc.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It also provides univocal, justifiable and objective cutoffs.
Sergio eLuengo-Sanchez, Concha eBielza, Ruth eBenavides-Piccione, Ruth eBenavides-Piccione,Isabel eFernaud, Javier eDeFelipe, Javier eDeFelipe, Javier eDeFelipe, Pedro eLarrañaga 2015, 'A univocal definition of the neuronal soma morphology using Gaussian mixture models',Frontiers in Neuroanatomyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnana.2015.00137/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The expectation in the rational approach was not univocal.
Arne van Overmeeren 2014, 'Gebiedsgericht Voorraadbeleid van Woningcorporaties; Een analyse van planningsbenaderingenin Vogelaarwijken', A+BE: Architecture and the Built Environmenthttps://journals.open.tudelft.nl/index.php/abe/article/view/640. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A list of guidelines needed for univocal interpretation and classification of lesions was developed.
Sergio Ghidini, Emanuela Zanardi, Pierluigi Aldo Di Ciccio, Silvio Borrello, GiancarloBelluzi, Sarah Guizzardi, Adriana Ianieri 2018, 'Development and test of a visual-only meat inspection system for heavy pigs in NorthernItaly', BMC Veterinary Researchhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12917-017-1329-4. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Knowledge and knowing processes as work and life practices are not univocal.
Ana Silvia Rocha Ipiranga, Marisia Monte Silva Aguiar 2014, 'Life, Work and Sustainable Learning Practices: A Study on a Small Business Network',BAR: Brazilian Administration Reviewhttp://www.anpad.org.br/periodicos/arq_pdf/a_1461.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Looking at the available clinical evidence, results were not univocal.
Luca Andriolo, Berardo Di Matteo, Elizaveta Kon, Giuseppe Filardo, Giulia Venieri,Maurilio Marcacci 2015, 'PRP Augmentation for ACL Reconstruction', BioMed Research Internationalhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/371746. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The robustness and accuracy of the method enables univocal interpretation of existing mutagenesis and binding data.
Lars Boukharta, Hugo Gutiérrez-de-Terán, Johan Aqvist 2014, 'Computational prediction of alanine scanning and ligand binding energetics in G-proteincoupled receptors.', PLoS Computational Biologyhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3990513?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)