unification

English

Etymology

Either from unify +‎ -ification or from French unification

Noun

unification (countable and uncountable, plural unifications)

  1. The act of unifying.
  2. The state of being unified.
  3. (mathematical logic, computer science) Given two terms, their join with respect to a specialisation order.
    • 1982, Wolfgang Bibel, Automated Theorem Proving, Braunschweig: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn, →ISBN, page 94:
      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}.

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Further reading
  • unification in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Etymology

unifier +‎ -ification

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /y.ni.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/

Noun

unification f (plural unifications)

  1. unification

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