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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

... Temperance is chiefly about pleasures of touch, not as regards the sense's judgment concerning the objects of touch, which judgment is of uniform character concerning all such objects, but as regards the use itself of those objects, as stated in Ethic. iii, 10. Now the uses of meats, drinks, and venereal matters differ in character. Wherefore there must needs be different ...

— Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) • Thomas Aquinas

... towed off the ship, inflicting heavy losses. The defeated troops followed what had now become their regular custom, and threw the blame not on their own inefficiency but on their commanding-officer's bad faith. They dragged him from his quarters, tore his uniform and flogged him, bidding him tell them how much he had got for betraying the army, and who were his accomplices. Then their indignation recoiled on Hordeonius Flaccus: he was the real criminal: Gallus was only his tool. At last their threats so terrified Gallus that he, too, charged ...

— Tacitus: The Histories, Volumes I and II • Caius Cornelius Tacitus

... secretary of state had fled from the capital in a soldier's uniform and had been captured with a pardon in his pocket from the Pennyroyal governor, which the authorities refused to honor. The mountain ex-secretary of state had fled across the Ohio, to live there an exile. The governor from the Pennyroyal had carried ...

— The Heart Of The Hills • John Fox, Jr.

... of the ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE at SALISBURY is now in preparation, uniform with the former volumes. As few copies will be printed beyond those which may be subscribed for, it is particularly requested that all who wish to have the Volume will forward their names at once to the Secretary of the Institute, 26. Suffolk ...

— Notes And Queries,(Series 1, Vol. 2, Issue 1), - Saturday, November 3, 1849. • Various

... row of carriages, such a row of carriages as might close the approach to some house in Park Lane. Along the side of these carriages stood a rank of splendid servants, all dressed in the grey-blue uniform, and all having a certain quality of stateliness and freedom which would not commonly belong to the servants of a gentleman, but rather to the officials and ambassadors of a great king. There were no less than six carriages waiting, one for each of the tattered and miserable band. All the ...

— The Man Who Was Thursday - A Nightmare • G. K. Chesterton

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