unification

UK/ˌjuːnɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/US/ˌjunəfəˈkeɪʃən/

nounB2+Common in everyday speech and writing · #6,666 of 15,258mostly written

Unification is the joining of separate parts into one. German unification, the unification of the country, unification talks.

It is used of countries above all: German unification in 1990 and Italian in 1861 are the standard examples, and both were far messier than the word suggests. In physics, unification is the attempt to describe the forces of nature with one theory.

Definitions of unification

1noununificationThe joining of separate parts into one.B2+
“The unification of Italy in the nineteenth century joined many small states into one country.”

unification is a joining.

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unification in the wild

Above the unification energy, on the order of 246 GeV, they would merge into a single force.
Electroweak interaction
Due to this and the lack of any observed effect of grand unification so far, there is no generally accepted GUT model.
Grand Unified Theory
By establishing a Germany without multi-ethnic Austria (under Austria-Hungary) or its German-speaking part, the political and administrative unification of 1871 avoided, at least temporarily, the problem of dualism.
Unification of Germany
Championship unification is the act of combining two or more separate professional wrestling championships into a single title.
Championship unification
Support for unification with Romania is much lower in the more pro-Russian regions of Transnistria and Gagauzia than in the rest of Moldova.
Unification of Moldova and Romania

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