Union adj

1 being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the Civil War; "Union soldiers"; "Federal forces"; "a Federal infantryman" [syn: Federal]

2 of trade unions; "the union movement"; "union negotiations"; "a union-shop clause in the contract" [ant: nonunion]

1 an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job" [syn: labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood]

2 the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War); "he has visited every state in the Union"; "Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union"; "the North's superior resources turned the scale" [syn: North]

3 the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring" [syn: coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, sexual union]

4 the state of being joined or united or linked; "there is strength in union" [syn: unification] [ant: separation]

5 the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union" [syn: marriage, matrimony, spousal relationship, wedlock]

6 healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones [syn: conglutination]

7 a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations; "the Soviet Union"

8 a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets; "let C be the union of the sets A and B" [syn: sum, join]

9 the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts; "lightning produced an unusual union of the metals"

10 a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)

11 the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays" [syn: unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure] [ant: disunion]

English

see the Union

Noun

1. A nickname for the 0-10-2 train configuration derived from the name of the only U.S. company to use that configuration.

German

Noun

1. union

Union generally refers to two or more things joined into one, such as an organization of multiple people or organizations, multiple objects combined into one, and so on. The term may mean:

In politics

• The Union, referring to the federation that is the United States
  • The Union (American Civil War), the states that did not declare their secession
  • The Union Army, the army of the United States in the Civil War
  • National Union Party (United States), forerunner of the United States Republican Party during the 1864 election
• Act of Union, one of several acts by the English Parliament
  • United Kingdom, the constitutional result of that legislation
• African Union, an inter-governmental organization in Africa
• Union of South American Nations
• European Union, a supranational and inter-governmental organization in Europe
• Government of India, known officially as the Union Government
• Personal union, a group of separate, independent states that share the same monarch
• Political union, a type of state composed of smaller states
• Real union, an intermediate step between personal and political union of states
• Soviet Union, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• State of the Union Address annual speech by the President of the United States
• The Union (political coalition) (l'Unione), a twenty-first century Italian political coalition
• Unionist Party (Canada), known when in power as the Union Government
• Trade union, labor union, employment

In sports and entertainment

• Unión de Santa Fe, Argentine professional football club
• R. Union Saint-Gilloise, Belgian professional football club
• Club Atlético Unión de Sunchales, lower league Argentine football club
• Unión Magdalena a Colombian professional football club
• Union, a group of professional wrestlers in opposition to Vince McMahon in the World Wrestling Federation
• The supporters' club of the A-League football side Melbourne Victory
• Rugby Union
• Union (album), a 1991 album by the musical group Yes
• Union (band), an American heavy metal band
• Union (comic), set in the Star Wars universe
• Union of Solar Energy and Free Nations, a fictional organization in anime Mobile Suit Gundam 00
• Union (comics), a character published by Wildstorm
• "Union", a song by Avail from their 2000 album One Wrench
• "Union", a song by the Black Eyed Peas from their album Monkey Business

In education

The term student union can be used in either of two senses:

• Students' union, a student organization at many colleges and universities dedicated to student governance (not common in USA, see below)
• Student activity center, a building that typically hosts a "union" of student services (e.g., food service, health facilities, lounges) at such institutions (also know as a "student center" or "student commons")

In the United States, the phrase more commonly refers to the building. The phrase "student government" or "student senate" is usually used when referring to the subject of the "Students' union" article.

• Union College, a college for which the principal campus sits in Schenectady, New York
• Union College (Kentucky), a college in Kentucky
• Union Institute & University, a non-traditional educational institution
• Union Public Schools, a public school system in Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Union Theological College, a college in Northern Ireland
• Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, an ecumenical Christian seminary in New York City, New York
• Union Theological Seminary & Presbyterian School of Christian Education, a Christian seminary in Richmond, Virginia
• Union University, a Baptist college in Tennessee

In transportation

• Union Railroad, any of several railroad companies
• Union (ship), a ship sunk in Fiji in 1804

In tradesmanship

• Union (electrical), a term sometimes used for a butt connector used to splice wires
• Union (hardware), a term sometimes used for a standoff that serves as an elongated nut
• Union (plumbing), a pipe fitting

In numismatics

• Union (coinage), a US gold coin that was worth $100 face value, it was never made because it would only be circulated among banks.

In mathematics and computer science

• Union (set theory)
• Union (SQL), an operator that combines the result of two SQL SELECT queries into a single result table
• Union (computer science), a data structure that stores several types of data in the same location.
• Union mount, a way to access separate file system directories as if they were but one.

In geography

• Union Station, any of several depots at which two or more railway, subway, or bus lines merge
  • Union subway station in Toronto, named for the adjacent railway station
• Union, Alabama
• Union, Connecticut
• Union, Illinois
• Union, Iowa
• Union, Kentucky
• Union, Maine
• Union, Mississippi
• Union, Missouri
• Union, Nebraska
• Union Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey
• Union Township, Union County, New Jersey
• Union, New York
• Union, Ohio
• Union, Oregon
• Union, South Carolina
• Union, West Virginia
• Union, Wisconsin
• Union, Saint Vincent
• Union, Grenadines
• Unión, Paraguay
• Union City, California
• Union City, Georgia
• Union City, Indiana
• Union City, Michigan
• Union City, New Jersey
• Union City, Ohio
• Union City, Pennsylvania
• Union City, Tennessee
• Union County, Arkansas
• Union County, Georgia
• Union County, Illinois
• Union County, Indiana
• Union County, Iowa
• Union County, Kentucky
• Union County, Mississippi
• Union County, New Jersey
• Union County, New Mexico
• Union County, North Carolina
• Union County, Ohio
• Union County, Oregon
• Union County, Pennsylvania
• Union County, South Carolina
• Union County, South Dakota
• Union County, Tennessee
• Union Township, Michigan
• Union Township, New Jersey
• Union Township, Pennsylvania
• Mount Union, Iowa
• Uniontown
• Unionville
• Union Beach, New Jersey
• Union Grove, Alabama
• Union Hill, Illinois
• Union Park, Florida
• Union Parish, Louisiana
• Union Springs, Alabama
• Union Springs, New York
• West Union, Iowa

As a surname

• Gabrielle Union, an American actress

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