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noun

Uniform n. 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."

In full uniform (Mil.), 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.

adjective

Uniform adj.

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.

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."

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.

verb

Uniform v. t.

To clothe with a uniform; as, to uniform a company of soldiers.

To make conformable. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Uniform'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Uniform" Quotes from Famous Books

... in the chancel, and the groining above is coloured on each side of the bosses for a short distance, so that as one looks up the great sweep of the nave, the banners and the brilliant fifteenth century glass appear as vivid patches of colour beyond the uniform, creamy grey on either side. The Norman towers at the west end of the cathedral are completely hidden in the mask of classical work planted on top of the older stone-work in the sixteenth century, and more ...

— Normandy, Complete - The Scenery & Romance Of Its Ancient Towns • Gordon Home

... lady-birds as they are often called, are fairly uniform in shape and color. They are oval or round in outline with the back rounded or elevated and the underside flat. In color they are usually either orange or yellow, checkered or blotched with black or black with yellow ...

— An Elementary Study of Insects • Leonard Haseman

... indeed, that no attempt to separate them can ever be more than superficially successful even with the most minute inquisition by the police, least of all by police officers, who, in Chicago, we are officially told, are themselves sometimes found, when in uniform and on duty, drinking among prostitutes in "saloons." On May 1, 1910, the Chicago General Superintendent of Police made a rule prohibiting the sale of liquor in houses of prostitution. On the surface this rule has in most cases been observed (though only on the surface, as the field-workers of ...

— The Task of Social Hygiene • Havelock Ellis

... her theories and her seriousness. And she was charming in the crisp blue gown that had been her uniform since the beginning ...

— Mistress Anne • Temple Bailey

... of the new and startling discovery to which Coue's uniform success is due; namely, that when the will is in conflict with an idea, the idea invariably gains the day. This is true, of course, not only of Induced Autosuggestion, but also of the spontaneous suggestions which occur in daily life. A few examples ...

— The Practice of Autosuggestion • C. Harry Brooks

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