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[yoo-nuh-fawrm]

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adjective

identical or consistent, as from example to example, place to place, or moment to moment: uniform spelling; a uniform building code.

without variations in detail: uniform output; a uniform surface.

constant; unvarying; undeviating: uniform kindness; uniform velocity.

constituting part of a uniform: to be issued uniform shoes.

Mathematics. occurring in a manner independent of some variable, parameter, function, etc.: a uniform bound.

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noun

an identifying outfit or style of dress worn by the members of a given profession, organization, or rank.

a word used in communications to represent the letter U.

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verb (used with object)

to make uniform or standard.

to clothe in or furnish with a uniform.

Origin:
1530–40; < Latin ūnifōrmis (adj.), equivalent to ūni- uni- + -fōrmis -form

Related forms

u·ni·form·ly, adverb

u·ni·form·ness, noun

non·u·ni·form, adjective

self-u·ni·form, noun

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Example Sentences

Informed the societies that he did not want them to come to the church in uniform.

Both men served in uniform and did so during time of war.

But more dangerous for schools than some parents' disaffection is the broader impression of exclusivity a posh uniform creates.

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Informed the societies that he did not want them to come to the church in uniform.

Both men served in uniform and did so during time of war.

But more dangerous for schools than some parents' disaffection is the broader impression of exclusivity a posh uniform creates.

People's perception of places and regions is not uniform.

They were left with a faint, nearly uniform glow that exceeded the inherent instrumental error.

Thankfully he is provided with an extra uniform soon afterwards.

Be aware that only cutting-grown stock is truly uniform.

Most importantly though, that reliable fit means uniform sound.

The former employee was contacted and the uniform shirt was confiscated and turned over to building services.

Then it turned, and the soupy detritus was sucked out to the sea-leaving only a uniform residue of crushed pieces.

Juvenile: generally paler, more uniform above with finer spotting and vermiculations.

The so-called expansion is not uniform in all directions for all observers.

Perhaps, if an entertainer, the required uniform was complete feminine dress.

Kosher salt works, too, but the breadsticks will be drier and more uniform in flavor.

Blum was not able to obtain uniform licensing rights from the recording labels and artists.

First, the goal is still uniform national standards.

Band limits imposed by uniform sampling thus go away.

They are cleaner and more uniform than wild mussels.

Two generations ago a standard uniform identified engineers: white shirt, narrow tie, pocket protector and slide rule.

These varieties are more predictable and uniform in growth and fruit quality.

School girl fantasies pervade every culture, but there's something about the sailor uniform that makes boys go wild.

Professors are both blessed and cursed with the lack of a standard uniform.

British society is not uniformly segregated, any more than immigrants are a uniform bunch.

These effects will vary by region, experts add, since not all animal species are reacting to warmer temperatures in uniform ways.

In a conventional superconductor, in contrast, the cloud of conducting electrons is remarkably uniform.

Clings tightly, grows fast to make a dense, uniform wall cover.

QuesTec, the tool designed to give baseball a uniform strike zone, is a bad idea.

Yet the east is not a uniform block of unrelieved gloom.

The proposed uniform federal legislation could end that problem, he added.

The sticking point is that scientists have no uniform way of handling incidental findings.

Researchers claim the lighting system maximizes light distribution and provides more uniform illumination.

Whether military investigators will probe hard for evidence of negligence by their fellow men in uniform remains to be seen.

Grung, his olive uniform festooned with flashing gold stars.

The cosmic microwave background, as it is known, reveals the early universe to have been a remarkably uniform fireball.

American small businesses are hardly a uniform bunch.

They chose a uniform curriculum for reading, writing and maths.

If the world were uniform with respect to the price of carbon, it would not matter where the carbon was emitted.

Its countries have not been uniform in their approach to the secularisation of the state.

But it does suggest that the effects will be far from uniform.

Whether it works may depend on how uniform anti-smoking legislation is.

Reducing the heavy presence of non-Kashmiris in uniform would ease tensions too.

Taking off one's uniform for good and no longer defining oneself as a ballplayer is often easier said than done.

The salaryman uniform of necktie, dark jacket, and leather shoes is out.

And they're as raw and brutally honest as anything written by a blogger in uniform.

At first the universe becomes less uniform as it evolves and objects form within.

The light becomes almost completely uniform in color.

Decision-making procedures are more uniform and subject to review.

He was in his colonel's uniform and beret, with white gloves that made his hands seem enormous beside his emaciated.

The ideal lacing should create uniform tension along the length of the lace.

If a population is homogeneous, then it can only present a single uniform defense against this stress.

The new, second-growth trees all grew in at the same time, as uniform as a platoon of robots.

The coloring in the fake is uniform across, and the.

Salaries in the public universities are strictly controlled and are uniform.

Though the landscape appears uniform to outside eyes, to the nomad it is dotted with.

The article is about the need for uniform standards of cleaning and training for a specific, potentially toxic waste site.

When asked to review the same footage after the uniform colors were digitally switched, they again ruled in favor of red.

The are a uniform size and therefore will stack easily.

The asteroid's consistent color suggests a uniform composition.

The law also mandates uniform anti-counterfeiting standards for state driver's licenses.

Consensus has emerged that first language acquisition has relatively uniform outcome.

The lifeless body will be dressed in a school girl uniform with care.

External tests treat students as uniform raw material coming in, and expect us to produce uniform products going out.

Either way, they know to blame the humiliated men in uniform.

But all the minor varieties of cultivated banana are essentially sterile, genetically uniform clones.

Yet agriculture is not uniform in its practices or productivity:.

But first, the boys in uniform have to get over their traditional reluctance to cooperate with civilians.

Some in uniform weren't so sure they enjoyed their commander's support.

Some people prefer a uniform price so that they don't have to negotiate.

The notionally civilian regime now in power seems indistinguishable from the one in uniform it supplanted.

There is an unwritten uniform in this country-dark pants, crisp white shirts.

We do observe an almost uniform background radiation from every where in the universe.

On the front page, he aligned rows and columns in a uniform grid so they're clearer at a glance.

Eaton said it will be difficult to impose a uniform set of standards.

By setting a uniform target for the size of seats across.

There are none of the usual swarms of schoolchildren in uniform.

Most americans have become accustom to prepackaged uniform food so any type of diversity is looked down upon.

We would advise you to avoid the red uniform for obvious safety reasons.

The system of common schools must be substantially uniform throughout the state.

The territory their map reveals is far from uniform.

When an animal is all one color, it will create a uniform shadow that makes the animal's shape easier to see.

The uniform theme throughout these stories is the fact that someone has died.

Automatic syncing keeps all your notes tidy and uniform.

Burnham carried the day with a recommendation favoring a uniform style.

Dark matter distribution isn't uniform across galaxies.

The upperparts, wings and tail are uniform dark gray, with a prominent white pectoral tuft.

The for-profit sector is often spoken of as though it were a fairly uniform thing:.

He refused to wear the blue uniform of a common criminal, instead going naked or in underpants.

Monocropping vast fields with the same genetically uniform seeds helps boost yield and meet immediate hunger needs.

There has been little external accounting of where revenues are spent, nothing uniform.

In the neighboring house, an infantry uniform hangs in the closet, the campaign cap perfectly folded on the shoulder.

Clothing styles have also become more uniform as a result of globalization.

The relaxed lifestyle has made khakis and a shirt the business uniform of choice.

The red hat is part of the uniform for the town's marching band.

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Collins

World English Dictionary

uniform (ˈjuːnɪˌfɔːm)

—n
1.	a prescribed identifying set of clothes for the members of an organization, such as soldiers or schoolchildren
2.	a single set of such clothes
3.	a characteristic feature or fashion of some class or group
4.	informal a police officer who wears a uniform

—*adj*
5.	unchanging in form, quality, quantity, etc; regular: a uniform surface
6.	identical; alike or like: a line of uniform toys

—vb
7.	to fit out (a body of soldiers, etc) with uniforms
8.	to make uniform

[C16: from Latin ūniformis, from ūnus one + forma shape]

'uniformly

—*adv*

'uniformness

—n

Uniform (ˈjuːnɪˌfɔːm)

—n
	communications a code word for the letter u

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Word Origin & History

uniform

1530s, "of one form," from M.Fr. uniforme (14c.), from L. uniformis "having one form," from uni- "one" (see uni-) + forma "form" (see form). The noun meaning "distinctive clothes worn by one group" is first attested 1748, from Fr. uniforme.

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Computing Dictionary

UNIFORM definition

An intermediate language developed for reverse engineering both COBOL and Fortran.
["The REDO Compendium", H. van Zuylen ed, Wiley 1993].
(1994-12-06)

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