1. A system of government in which all powers are held by a single central authority, with no separate powers granted to regional or local governments
France operates under a unitary system where the central government in Paris holds most legislative and executive power.
A França funciona sob um sistema unitário onde o governo central em Paris detém a maioria do poder legislativo e executivo.
2. In engineering and physics, a system or object treated as a single unified whole rather than as separate components
The architect designed the building as a unitary system to ensure structural integrity.
O arquiteto projetou o edifício como um sistema unitário para garantir a integridade estrutural.