the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); "communications is his major field of study"
not restricted to one sect or school or party; "religious training in a nonsectarian atmosphere"; "nonsectarian colleges"; "a wide and unsectarian interest in religion"- Bertrand Russell
characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is held by one central authority; "a unitary as opposed to a federal form of government"
of or pertaining to or involving the use of units; "a unitary method was applied"; "established a unitary distance on which to base subsequent calculations"
relating to or characterized by or aiming toward unity; "the unitary principles of nationalism"; "a unitary movement in politics"