Hypertext Webster Gateway: "uniform"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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"
n : clothing of distinctive design worn by members of a
particular group as a means of identification
v : provide with uniforms; "The guards were uniformed"


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