Pronunciation Adjective
uniform
- Unvarying; all the same.
- Consistent; conforming to one standard.
- 1593, Richard Hooker, Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, in 1830, The Ecclesiastical Polity and Other Works of Richard Hooker, page 313 ↗,
- The only doubt is, about the manner of their unity; how far Churches are bound to be uniform in their Ceremonies, and what way they ought to take for that purpose.
- 1593, Richard Hooker, Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, in 1830, The Ecclesiastical Polity and Other Works of Richard Hooker, page 313 ↗,
- (mathematics) with speed of convergence not depending on choice of function argument; as in uniform continuity, uniform convergence
- (chemistry, of a polymer) Composed of a single macromolecular species.
- (geometry) (of a polyhedron) That is isogonal and whose faces are regular polygons; (of an n-dimensional (n>3) polytope) that is isogonal and whose bounding (n-1)-dimensional facets are uniform polytopes.
- (unvarying) regular, stable; see also Thesaurus:steady
- (all the same) invariable, of a piece; see also Thesaurus:homogeneous
- French: uniforme
- German: gleichförmig, gleichmäßig
- Italian: uniforme
- Portuguese: uniforme
- Russian: однообра́зный
- Spanish: uniforme
- French: uniforme
- German: einheitlich
- Italian: uniforme
- Portuguese: uniforme
- Russian: единообра́зный
- Spanish: uniforme
uniform (plural uniforms)
- A distinctive outfit that serves to identify members of a group.
- F. W. Robertson
- There are many things which a soldier will do in his plain clothes which he scorns to do in his uniform.
- F. W. Robertson
- Phonetic equivalent for the letter U in the ICAO spelling alphabet, informally known as the NATO phonetic alphabet.
- A uniformed police officer (as opposed to a detective).
- 1996, S. J. Rozan, Concourse,[http://books.google.com/books?id=OkUjLMexL70C ] Macmillan, ISBN 0-312-95944-3, page 265,
- Skeletor held the gun against Speedo’s head, held Speedo between himself and the cops who stood, motionless and futile, where they’d stopped. Robinson, Lindfors, Carter, three uniforms and I watched helpless as Skeletor, dragging Speedy with him, inched out the gate, started backing down the hill.
- 2001, Christine Wiltz, The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld,[http://books.google.com/books?id=a3Uoh6Riv5QC ] Da Capo Press, ISBN 0-306-81012-3, page 113,
- Four men flew out of it, three uniforms and one in what appeared to be an English riding outfit—boots, whip, the whole nine yards. […] He called out, “I’m the superintendent of police.”
- 2004, Will Christopher Baer, Penny Dreadful,[http://books.google.com/books?id=hmoFRsTGQ_YC ] MacAdam/Cage Publishing, ISBN 1-931561-81-8, page 81,
- Eyes to the front now and there was the body, a lump of black and brown. Moon counted three uniforms and a photographer, the medical examiner and his assistant.
- 1996, S. J. Rozan, Concourse,[http://books.google.com/books?id=OkUjLMexL70C ] Macmillan, ISBN 0-312-95944-3, page 265,
- French: uniforme
- German: Uniform, Dienstkleidung
- Italian: uniforme, divisa
- Portuguese: uniforme, farda
- Russian: фо́рма
- Spanish: uniforme
- Italian: Udine
uniform (uniforms, present participle uniforming; past and past participle uniformed)
- (transitive) To clothe in a uniform.
- German: uniformieren
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