uniform

noun

A distinctive outfit that serves to identify members of a group, company, prison inmates, etc.

(law enforcement) A uniformed police officer (as opposed to a detective).

(international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Uniform from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

verb

(transitive) To clothe in a uniform.

adjective

Unvarying; all the same.

Consistent; conforming to one standard.

(mathematics) with speed of convergence not depending on choice of function argument; as in uniform continuity, uniform convergence

(chemistry, of a polymer) Composed of a single macromolecular species.

(geometry) (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.

Roots

unusun- · Latin · one forma-form · Latin · shape, form

Synonyms for uniform

regimentalsn unvaryingadj consistentadj undifferentiatedadj fatiguesn dressn outfitn insignian costumen

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The word uniform breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: un-, from Latin unus (“one”); and -form, from Latin forma (“shape, form”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.