Uniform /(?)/
U·ni·form
Uniform
a.
- Having always the same form, manner, or degree; not varying or variable; unchanging; consistent; equable; homogenous; as, the dress of the Asiatics has been uniform from early ages; the temperature is uniform; a stratum of uniform clay.
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Of the same form with others; agreeing with each other; conforming to one rule or mode; consonant.
The only doubt is . . . how far churches are bound to be uniform in their ceremonies.
Phrases & Compounds
- Uniform matter
- that which is all of the same kind and texture; homogenous matter.
- Uniform motion
- the motion of a body when it passes over equal spaces in equal times; equable motion.
Uniform
n.
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A dress of a particular style or fashion worn by persons in the same service or order by means of which they have a distinctive appearance; as, the uniform of the artillery, of the police, of the Freemasons, etc.
There are many things which, a soldier will do in his plain clothes which he scorns to do in his uniform.
Phrases & Compounds
- In full uniform
- wearing the whole of the prescribed uniform, with ornaments, badges of rank, sash, side arms, etc.
- Uniform sword
- an officer's sword of the regulation pattern prescribed for the army or navy.
Uniform
v. t.
- To clothe with a uniform; as, to uniform a company of soldiers.
- To make conformable. [Obs.]