uniform

/ˈjunɪˌfɔɹm/
adjectivenounverb

Unvarying; all the same.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Adjective 4 meanings

  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.

Noun 3 meanings

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

    “F. W. Robertson There are many things which a soldier will do in his plain clothes which he scorns to do in his uniform.”

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

  3. In OpenGL, a global shader variable whose value does not change between rendering calls, serving as a parameter.

Verb 1 meaning

  1. To clothe in a uniform.

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French uniforme, from Latin uniformis.

Similar and opposite words

Similar
regularstableinvariableconsistentequableequalevenmonotonous
Opposite
diversenonuniformomniformmultiform

UNIFORM at a glance

UNIFORM has 7 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (U 1 + N 1 + I 1 + F 4 + O 1 + R 1 + M 3) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,052 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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