u·ni·form

(yo͞o′nə-fôrm′)

adj.

1. Always the same, as in character or degree; unvarying: planks of uniform length.

2. Being the same as or consonant with another or others: rows of uniform brick houses.

A distinctive set of clothing intended to identify the members of a specific group: a police uniform.

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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uniformity

(ˌjuːnɪˈfɔːmɪtɪ)

n, pl -ties

1. a state or condition in which everything is regular, homogeneous, or unvarying

2. lack of diversity or variation, esp to the point of boredom or monotony; sameness

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u•ni•form•i•ty

(ˌyu nəˈfɔr mɪ ti)

n., pl. -ties.

1. the state or quality of being uniform; overall sameness or regularity.

2. something uniform.

[1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French < Late Latin]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	uniformity - a condition in which everything is regular and unvarying regularity - the quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate; "he was famous for the regularity of his habits" homogeneity - the quality of being of uniform throughout in composition or structure
	2.	uniformity - the quality of lacking diversity or variation (even to the point of boredom) uniformness similarity - the quality of being similar homogeneity, homogeneousness - the quality of being similar or comparable in kind or nature; "there is a remarkable homogeneity between the two companies" consistence, consistency - a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts nonuniformity - the quality of being diverse and interesting

uniformity

noun

1. regularity, similarity, sameness, constancy, homogeneity, evenness, invariability Caramel was used to maintain uniformity of color in the brandy.

2. monotony, sameness, tedium, dullness, flatness, drabness, lack of diversity the dull uniformity of the houses

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uniformity

noun

The quality or state of being alike:

affinity, alikeness, analogy, comparison, correspondence, likeness, parallelism, resemblance, similarity, similitude, uniformness.

Translations

تَماثُل، إتِّساق

jednotnost

ensartethed

Einheitlichkeit

ομοιομορφία

uniformité

jednoličnostjednolikostjednoobraznostujednačenostuniformnost

egyformaság

sem er eins, samræmdur; samkvæmni

conformismo costanza regolarità uniformit...uniformità

普遍性画一性統一性

ensartethet

единообразие

aynı/bir örnek olma

一样一致

uniformity

[ˌjuːnɪˈfɔːmɪtɪ] N [of appearance, colour, standards] → uniformidad f; [of attitudes, beliefs] → homogeneidad f

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uniformity

[ˌjuːnɪˈfɔː^rməti] n → uniformité f

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uniformity

n (of length, colour, tax) → Einheitlichkeit f; (of treatment also) → Gleichheit f; (of temperature, pace) → Gleichmäßigkeit f; (of life) → Gleichförmigkeit f, → Eintönigkeit f (pej); (of thinking) → Gleichartigkeit f, → Uniformität f (pej); (of scenery) → Einförmigkeit f, → Eintönigkeit f

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uniformity

[ˌjuːnɪˈfɔːmɪtɪ] n → uniformità

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uniform

(ˈjuːnifoːm) adjective

the same always or everywhere; not changing or varying. The sky was a uniform grey.

noun

(a set of) clothes worn by eg soldiers, children at a particular school etc. Full uniform must be worn; The new uniforms will arrive tomorrow.

ˈuniformed adjective

(eg of police) wearing a uniform, not plain clothes.

ˌuniˈformity noun

the condition of being uniform. The houses in the street had no uniformity of appearance.

ˈuniformly adverb

in a uniform way. The essays were uniformly dull.

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For, as it is noted, by one of the fathers, Christ's coat indeed had no seam, but the church's vesture was of divers colors; whereupon he saith, In veste varietas sit, scissura non sit; they be two things, unity and uniformity. The other is, when the matter of the point controverted, is great, but it is driven to an over-great subtilty, and obscurity; so that it becometh a thing rather ingenious, than substantial.

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The trees in no two avenues are shaped alike, and consequently the eye is not fatigued with anything in the nature of monotonous uniformity. I will drop this subject now, leaving it to others to determine how these people manage to make endless ranks of lofty forest trees grow to just a certain thickness of trunk (say a foot and two-thirds); how they make them spring to precisely the same height for miles; how they make them grow so close together; how they compel one huge limb to spring from the same identical spot on each tree and form the main sweep of the arch; and how all these things are kept exactly in the same condition and in the same exquisite shapeliness and symmetry month after month and year after year--for I have tried to reason out the problem and have failed.

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The distant flat shrank in uniform whiteness and low-hanging uniformity of cloud.

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Therefore Marilla conceived it to be her duty to drill Anne into a tranquil uniformity of disposition as impossible and alien to her as to a dancing sunbeam in one of the brook shallows.

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But, less inexorable than iron, steal, and brass, it brought its varying seasons even into that wilderness of smoke and brick, and made the only stand that ever was made in the place against its direful uniformity.

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If there exist organic beings which never intercross, uniformity of character can be retained amongst them, as long as their conditions of life remain the same, only through the principle of inheritance, and through natural selection destroying any which depart from the proper type; but if their conditions of life change and they undergo modification, uniformity of character can be given to their modified offspring, solely by natural selection preserving the same favourable variations.

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When occasionally a long reach of this avenue could be beheld, it presented a curious scene of uniformity: the white line of logs, narrowing in perspective, became hidden by the gloomy forest, or terminated in a zigzag which ascended some steep hill.

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The only interruptions to the weary uniformity of the life at St.

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For the sake of certainty and uniformity, therefore, the power of defining felonies in this case was in every respect necessary and proper.

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If curved lines occur, they are repeated into unpleasant uniformity. By undue precision, the appearance of many a fine apartment is utterly spoiled.

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The Sperm Whale blows as a clock ticks, with the same undeviating and reliable uniformity. And thereby whalemen distinguish this fish from other tribes of his genus.

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When these things are remembered no one will marvel at the ease with which Alexander held the Empire of Asia, or at the difficulties which others have had to keep an acquisition, such as Pyrrhus and many more; this is not occasioned by the little or abundance of ability in the conqueror, but by the want of uniformity in the subject state.

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