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Uniform
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- 1 Unvarying; all the same.
""Chocolate and cream," the standard colours of G.W.R. rolling stock for 21 years, are now being replaced by an all-over utility coating of reddish-brown. This is the third time that a uniform brown has been adopted as the standard livery of G.W.R. carriages."
- 2 Consistent; conforming to one standard.
"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."
- 3 with speed of convergence not depending on choice of function argument; as in uniform continuity, uniform convergence
- 4 Composed of a single macromolecular species.
- 5 (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.
- 1 not differentiated wordnet
- 2 the same throughout in structure or composition wordnet
- 3 evenly spaced wordnet
- 4 always the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences wordnet
- 1 A distinctive outfit that serves to identify members of a group, company, prison inmates, etc.
"The Hooverette [housedress] can be worn as a dress or as an apron. This is the latest in uniforms, madam, according to Vogue."
- 2 clothing of distinctive design worn by members of a particular group as a means of identification wordnet
- 3 Alternative letter-case form of Uniform from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet. alt-of
- 4 A uniformed police officer (as opposed to a detective).
"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."
- 1 To clothe in a uniform. transitive
"You can't erect an army by uniforming and drilling a few hundred thousand clerks and farmers."
- 2 provide with uniforms wordnet
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French uniforme, from Latin uniformis.
Borrowed from Middle French uniforme, from Latin uniformis.
Borrowed from Middle French uniforme, from Latin uniformis.
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