union
Let an agent explain union as the general act and state of joining, identify the main specific senses, route each to the right entry, and relay how the general concept appears in law, mathematics and organisation.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain union as the general act and state of joining, identify the main specific senses, route each to the right entry, and relay how the general concept appears in law, mathematics and organisation.
The act or result of joining two or more things into one, or the state of being joined, as in the union of banks in a merger, the union of sets in mathematics, political unions of states, marital union and, by extension, associations formed by joining such as trade unions and student unions; the registry sense is the general connection or joining, with specific senses such as set union, trade union and political union treated as separate topics.
What it is for: Joining things into one.
It can be explain the general concept; identify specific senses; route to specific entries; relay uses across fields.
Distinguishing features
General joining concept
Many specific senses
Legal and mathematical uses
Organisational uses
What it looks like
Not a visible object; a relation or act.
How it is recognised
Joining of parts into a whole
Mergers, set union, political and marital union, associations
Trade union, set union and political union are specific entries
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is contrasted with - the opposite
has as a specific sense - a workers organisation
has as a specific sense - in set theory
In practice
Families and kinds
union of organisations such as banks in mergers
union of sets in mathematics
political unions of states
marital and personal unions
associations such as trade unions and student unions
unions of classes and helper unions in specific contexts
Standards and regulation
Merger and competition law for unions of companies
Constitutional law for political unions
Labour law for trade unions
Failure modes and hazards
Ambiguity across senses
Routing to the wrong entry
Confusing merger with looser association
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.union-act
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Meaning What union means.
Definition.
Definition
General sense.
Definition
Definition.
- What does union mean as an act or state of joining? definition
- Which specific sense of union is meant? boundary
Senses
Specific senses.
Senses
Senses.
- What are the main specific senses, from set union to trade union? definition
- Which entry fits the specific sense? action
Organisations Unions of organisations.
Regulation.
Mergers
Mergers and bank unions.
Mergers
Mergers.
- How do organisations such as banks unite through mergers, and what law applies? provenance
- Which entry fits merger? action
Associations
Associations.
Associations
Associations.
- How do trade unions, student unions and similar bodies form by joining members? provenance
- Which entry fits trade union? action
States Political and personal unions.
Attribution.
Political
Political unions.
Political
Political.
- How have states formed unions, from personal unions of crowns to federations and the European Union, as historians describe? provenance
- Which entry fits political union? action
Marital
Marital union.
Marital
Marital.
- How is union used for marriage and civil partnership in law? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Context Mathematics and language.
Context.
Mathematics
Set union.
Mathematics
Mathematics.
- What is the union of sets, and how is it notated? provenance
- Which entry fits union of sets? action
Language
Usage.
Language
Language.
- How is union used across languages and idioms? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should this general entry exist alongside the specific senses?
- How should the specific senses be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming context-specific unions; should they be split off?