English Explanatory Dictionary

uniform

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Unvarying; all the same.
  2. Consistent; conforming to one standard.
  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.
noun
  1. A distinctive outfit that serves to identify members of a group, company, prison inmates, etc.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of Uniform from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
  3. A uniformed police officer (as opposed to a detective).
  4. In OpenGL, a global shader variable whose value does not change between rendering calls, serving as a parameter.
verb
  1. To clothe in a uniform.

Pronunciation

yo͞oʹnĭ-fôrm /ˈjunɪˌfɔɹm/ /ˈjunɪfɚm/ En-us-uniform.ogg /ˈjuːnɪfɔːm/ /ˈjʉnɪfɔɾm/

Word forms

uniform more uniform most uniform uniforms uniforming uniformed

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French uniforme, from Latin uniformis.

Synonyms

regular stable invariable of a piece consistent equable equal even even-keeled monotonous samely steady uncheckered uniform unvaried unvarying homogeneous onefold uniformal unmixed compliant congruent commensurate compatible conformable conformant congruous in line in step proportionate

Antonyms

nonuniform omniform multiform diverse

Derived words

non-uniform quasiuniform semiuniform uniform act uniform antshrike uniform case uniform crake uniform distribution uniformity uniformly uniform metric uniform resource identifier uniform space full dress uniform mess uniform school uniform tango uniform uniform queen

Translations

Danish: konsistent Danish: konsekvent Danish: bestående Dutch: uniform Dutch: consistent Finnish: yhtenäinen Finnish: yhdenmukainen French: uniforme German: einheitlich Hungarian: egyforma Hungarian: egységes Hungarian: egyöntetű Irish: aonfhoirmeach Irish: comhionann Italian: uniforme Japanese: 普遍な Japanese: 統一された Korean: 일정(一定)하다 Manx: colaik Khiamniungan Naga: tsǖtsīh Polish: jednorodny Polish: spójny Portuguese: uniforme Russian: единообра́зный Serbo-Croatian: конзистѐнтан Serbo-Croatian: по́стоја̄н Serbo-Croatian: konzistèntan Serbo-Croatian: póstojān Spanish: uniforme Swedish: konsistent Swedish: beständig Swedish: konsekvent Swedish: motsägelsefri Tagalog: maligo Turkish: bağdaşık Turkish: üniform Turkish: homojen Welsh: unffurf
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