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Borrowed from Middle French uniforme, from Latin uniformis.

• (America) enPR: yo͞oʹnĭ-fôrm, IPA: /ˈjunɪˌfɔɹm/, /ˈjunɪfɚm/
• (British) IPA: /ˈjuːnɪfɔːm/

uniform

1. Unvarying; all the same.
2. Consistent; conforming to one standard.
3. (mathematics) with speed of convergence not depending on choice of function argument; as in uniform continuity, uniform convergence
4. (chemistry, of a polymer) Composed of a single macromolecular species.
5. (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

• (antonym(s) of “all the same”): diverse
• nonuniform

• 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)

1. A distinctive outfit that serves to identify members of a group, company, prison inmates, etc.
   • 1932, Elmer Wheeler, Tested Selling Sentences (the Language of the Brain): Master Book:

     The Hooverette [housedress] can be worn as a dress or as an apron.
     This is the latest in uniforms, madam, according to Vogue.

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC ↗:

     ‘ […] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. […]’.

   • F. W. Robertson

     There are many things which a soldier will do in his plain clothes which he scorns to do in his uniform.

2. (international standards)
3. (police) A uniformed police officer (as opposed to a detective).

• French: uniforme
• German: Uniform, Dienstkleidung
• Italian: uniforme, divisa
• Portuguese: uniforme, farda
• Russian: фо́рма
• Spanish: uniforme

uniform (uniforms, present participle uniforming; simple past and past participle uniformed)

1. (transitive) To clothe in a uniform.

• German: uniformieren

• IPA: [ˈjunifɔm], [ˈunifɔm]

1. (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the letter U.
2. (nautical) Signal flag for the letter U.
3. (time zone) UTC−08:00

• English: Uncle
• Italian: Udine

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