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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

... occasion she was out driving when a block occurred. Two Austrian officers, who were riding past, boldly looked into the carriage. Madame Mere, observing the Austrian uniform, to which she had an aversion, was excited to indignation, so letting down the window she exclaimed to them, "What, gentlemen, is your pleasure? If it is to see the mother of the Emperor Napoleon, here she is!" The officers ...

— The Tragedy of St. Helena • Walter Runciman

... around uneasily and then, as if overcoming his hesitation, rapidly threw off his uniform and put on the shirt. He had a long, greasy, flowered silk waistcoat next to his sallow, thin bare body, but no shirt. He was evidently afraid the prisoners looking on would laugh at him, and thrust his head into the shirt hurriedly. None of ...

— War and Peace • Leo Tolstoy

... that a person has black, blue, or gray eyes according to the colour of the iris. Like the lens, the iris adapts itself to all conditions, contracting when the light is strong, and opening when the light is weak, so that as uniform an amount of light as conditions allow may be admitted to the eye. Most modern camera lenses are fitted with adjustable stops which can be made larger or smaller by twisting a ring on the mount, and are named "iris" stops. The image of anything seen is thrown on the retina ...

— How it Works • Archibald Williams

... the board is gouged out with a gouging chisel, and if the builder desires a uniform result he should make inside templates. In gouging out the interior of the hull the chisel or gouge should be handled very carefully; otherwise it is liable to slip and spoil ...

— Boys' Book of Model Boats • Raymond Francis Yates

... lately emerged from a severe crisis to set about their realization at once. They could only illumine its path as a guiding-star, inspire it as the ultimate goal, the far-off Messianic ideal. Meanwhile the necessity appeared for uniform religious laws, dogmas, and customs, to bind the Jews together externally as a nation. The moralizing religion of the Prophets was calculated to bring about the regeneration of the individual, regardless of national ties; but at that moment the chief point involved was the nation. It ...

— Jewish History • S. M. Dubnow

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