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univocal

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u⋅niv⋅o⋅cal

  [yoo-niv-uh-kuhl, yoo-nuh-voh-]
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–adjective
having only one meaning; unambiguous.
Origin:
1535–45; < LL ūnivōc(us) (ūni- uni- + -vōcus, adj. deriv. of vōx, s. vōc-, voice ) + -al 1

Related forms:
u⋅niv⋅o⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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u·niv·o·cal   (yōō-nĭv'ə-kəl)   
adj.  Having only one meaning; unambiguous.
n.  A word or term having only one meaning.

[From Late Latin ūnivocus : Latin ūni-, uni- + Latin vocāre, to say; see wekw- in Indo-European roots.]
u·niv'o·cal·ly adv.
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