nonunitary

UK
/nɒnˈjuːnɪtəri/
US
/nɑnˈjunɪˌtɛri/

Translations

nonunitaryadjective
more nonunitary
Comp.
most nonunitary
Super.
UK
/nɒnˈjuːnɪtəri/
US
/nɑnˈjunɪˌtɛri/
The nonunitary system of government allows for more regional autonomy.
Неунитарная система управления позволяет больше региональной автономии.

Definitions

nonunitaryadjective
Not forming a single or unified whole; consisting of multiple parts or elements.
The nonunitary structure of the organization made decision-making processes more complex.
Not characterized by or involving a single governing authority or system.
The nonunitary political system allowed for regional governments to have significant autonomy.
In mathematics or quantum physics, of an operator, matrix, or transformation: not unitary; lacking the property that its inverse equals its conjugate transpose, and therefore not preserving probabilities.
A nonunitary evolution of the quantum state would violate the conservation of probability.