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Uniform : adj
1: always the same; showing a single form or character in all
occurrences; "a street of uniform tall white
buildings" [syn: unvarying] [ant: multiform]
2: the same throughout in structure or composition; "bituminous
coal is often treated as a consistent and homogeneous
product" [syn: consistent]
3: not differentiated [syn: undifferentiated] [ant: differentiated]
4: evenly spaced; "at regular (or uniform) intervals"
(noun)
1: clothing of distinctive design worn by members of a
particular group as a means of identification
(verb)
1: provide with uniforms; "The guards were uniformed"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Regulation \Reg`u*la"tion\ (-l?"sh?n), n.
1. The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.
The temper and regulation of our own minds.
--Macaulay.
2. A rule or order prescribed for management or government;
prescription; a regulating principle; a governing
direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society
or a school.
Regulation sword, cap, uniform, etc. (Mil.), a sword,
cap, uniform, etc., of the kind or quality prescribed by
the official regulations.
Syn: Law; rule; method; principle; order; precept. See
Law.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Uniform : \U"ni*form\, n. [F. uniforme. See Uniform, a.]
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.
--F. W.
Robertson.
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Uniform : \U"ni*form\, v. t.
1. To clothe with a uniform; as, to uniform a company of
soldiers.
2. To make conformable. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Uniform : \U"ni*form\, a. [L. uniformis; unus one _ forma from:
cf. F. uniforme.]
1. 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. --Whewell.
2. 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. --Hooker.
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. --Hutton.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Uniform :
An intermediate language developed for reverse engineering
both COBOL and Fortran.
["The REDO Compendium", H. van Zuylen ed, Wiley 1993].
(1994-12-06)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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