to unitize
- verb
- /ˈjuːnɪtaɪz/
- US
- By unitizing the project materials, we made it simpler for the workers to carry everything at once.
- unitizing data
Examples
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The team unitized all the components into a single package for easier transport to the construction site.
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To obtain a unitized washitsu tokonoma that can be fitted into a prefab home in the factory or on site, Ouken had to integrate the efforts of several firms.
Academic text (1997) -
Unitized valve/actuator packages are pre-assembled units that come ready to install.
Academic text (1998) -
We began formal data analysis by unitizing data, which involved collapsing the data into individual pieces of information (Lincoln & Guba, 1985).
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Data were gathered, unitized, organized into themes, and then synthesized and interpreted (Lincoln & Guba, 1985).
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The device has a unitized 17-4 PH stainless steel flush diaphragm, heavy sidewall construction, and standard 3/8-in. threaded housing.
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They will give way to unitized, or jointless, adaptive multifunctional structures made in free-form fabrication processes.
Academic text (2002) -
The selection was based on the idea of a representative sample from a population, which provides the potential to be able to unitize, categorize, and generalize (Glaser & Strauss, 1967; Lincoln & Guba, 1985).
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Once data were unitized, all data units were compared using the "constant comparison" method (Glaser & Strauss, 1967) and sorted into conceptual groups, called "codes," in Atlas.ti.
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To improve efficiency, the store unitized its products into bundles for customers to purchase.
Synonyms
To join people or things into one group for a shared purpose
To mix two or more things into one
To bring people or things together into one group
To join several things into one whole
To join several groups or parts to make one
To put goods into a container for transport
To gather different things into one group
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Etymology
Unitize comes from unit ('one') and the ending -ize ('to make'). That is why to unitize something in production or organization is to make it into a single unit or group for easier handling and greater efficiency.