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u·ni·form
/
ˈyu
nəˌfɔrm
/
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[
yoo
-n
uh
-fawrm
]
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adjective
1.
identical or consistent, as from example to example, place to place, or moment to moment:
uniform
spelling
; a uniform building code.
2.
without variations in detail:
uniform output; a uniform surface.
3.
constant; unvarying; undeviating:
uniform kindness; uniform velocity.
4.
constituting part of a uniform:
to be issued uniform shoes.
5.
Mathematics
.
occurring in a manner
independent
of some variable, parameter, function, etc.:
a uniform bound.
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noun
6.
an identifying outfit or style of dress worn by the members of a given profession,
organization
, or rank.
7.
a
word
used in communications to represent the letter
U.
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verb (used with object)
8.
to make uniform or standard.
9.
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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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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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FOLDOC
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)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © Denis Howe 2010
http://foldoc.org
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Example sentences
The former employee was contacted and the
uniform
shirt was confiscated and
turned over to building services.
Researchers claim the lighting system maximizes light distribution and provides
more
uniform
illumination.
There is an unwritten
uniform
in this country-dark pants, crisp white shirts.
These varieties are more predictable and
uniform
in growth and fruit quality.
The new, second-growth trees all grew in at the same time, as
uniform
as a platoon of robots.
There has been little external accounting of where revenues are spent, nothing
uniform
.
The circular fibers form a thick,
uniform
layer, and are composed of plain muscle cells of considerable length.
Outwardly these species vary wildly, but at the molecular level they are staggeringly
uniform
.
Smalls dressed in the captain's
uniform
and had a straw hat similar to that of the white captain.
When one militiaman was spotted, the frenzied crowd tore off his
uniform
.
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