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Definition of uniformity - 3 dictionary results

u⋅ni⋅form⋅i⋅ty

  [yoo-nuh-fawr-mi-tee]
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–noun, plural -ties.
1. the state or quality of being uniform; overall sameness, homogeneity, or regularity: uniformity of style.
2. something uniform.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME uniformite < MF uniformite < LL ūnifōrmitās, equiv. to L ūnifōrm(is) uniform + -itās -ity
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u·ni·form   (yōō'nə-fôrm')   
adj.  

  1. Always the same, as in character or degree; unvarying.

  2. Conforming to one principle, standard, or rule; consistent.

  3. Being the same as or consonant with another or others.

  4. Unvaried in texture, color, or design.

n.  

  1. A distinctive outfit intended to identify those who wear it as members of a specific group.

  2. One set of such an outfit.

tr.v.   u·ni·formed, u·ni·form·ing, u·ni·forms

  1. To make (something) uniform.

  2. To provide or dress with a uniform.


[Latin ūnifōrmis : ūni-, uni- + fōrma, shape.]
u'ni·for'mi·ty, u'ni·form'ness n., u'ni·form'ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

uniformity 
1432, from O.Fr. uniformite (14c.), from L.L. uniformitatem (nom. uniformitas), from L. uniformis (see uniform).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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