Hypertext Webster Gateway: "uniformity"

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

Uniformity \U`ni*form"i*ty\, n. [L. uniformitas: cf. F.
uniformit['e].]
1. The quality or state of being uniform; freedom from
variation or difference; resemblance to itself at all
times; sameness of action, effect, etc., under like
conditions; even tenor; as, the uniformity of design in a
poem; the uniformity of nature.

2. Consistency; sameness; as, the uniformity of a man's
opinions.

3. Similitude between the parts of a whole; as, the
uniformity of sides in a regular figure; beauty is said to
consist in uniformity with variety.

4. Continued or unvaried sameness or likeness.

5. Conformity to a pattern or rule; resemblance, consonance,
or agreement; as, the uniformity of different churches in
ceremonies or rites.

{Act of Uniformity} (Eng. Hist.), an act of Parliament,
passed in 1661, prescribing the form of public prayers,
administration of sacraments, and other rites of the
Established Church of England. Its provisions were
modified by the ``Act of Uniformity Amendment Act,'' of
1872.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

uniformity
n 1: a condition in which everything is regular and unvarying
2: the quality of lacking diversity or variation (even to the
point of boredom) [syn: {uniformness}] [ant: {nonuniformity}]


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