uniqueness

unique | American Dictionary

unique
adjective
us/jʊˈnik/
being the only existing one of its type or, more generally, unusual or special in some way:
Each person’s DNA is unique.

uniquely

adverbus/jʊˈni·kli/
He's uniquely qualified to run this agency.

uniqueness

noun[ U ]us/jʊˈnik·nəs/

unique | Business English

unique
adjective
uk /juːˈniːk/us
something that is unique is unusual or the only one of its type:
Fast-growing companies are in a unique position to attract the best candidates.
Over the past 15 years, she has made a unique contribution to the country's business environment.
a unique opportunity/set of circumstances
a unique problem, challenge, etc. is difficult to deal with because it has never happened before:
The recent financial crisis has posed some unique challenges for governments.
if something is unique to a place or situation, it only exists in that place or situation:
Many of our problems are unique to our profession.

Examples of unique

unique
The process converges to a unique absorbing state in which all players cooperate.
On the other hand, each form has its own unique onset and rime, which means that no form benefits from phonetic consistency.
Taken together they would give the pupils a unique connection with their locality.
The text is unique, as it represents the work of a single author, who cogently articulates a systematic approach to psychiatry.
These meetings are also acknowledged as unique opportunities for all the parties involved to share information about the product and related engineering processes.
The reason we apply a uniform random number for rendering fractal is that it can create unique and more diverse forms.
Indeed, in the robotic field the solution of the force distribution in multi-chains mechanisms is not unique and involves the solution of an optimization problem.
If that is supposed to show the unique objectivity of utilitarianism, it fails by simply begging the question.
Two determinants had a unique contribution to the prediction of symbolic competence: maternal depression and parent sensitivity.
If a value has a unique type, then there can be only one reference to it.
For example, it is possible to control for the child's behavior during the narrative task and examine the unique importance of themes or coherence.
It is also not unique in suffering high levels of air and water pollution and facing severe threats to its biological resources.
If the solution to (7) is unique, then (7) is also a sufficient condition.
With programmable control, the prosthetic team can create virtually any control scheme that suits a person's unique abilities.
This unique manner of presentation has emerged into the worlds of art music, underground music, and performance art.
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