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Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Uniform

/yo͞oʹnĭ-fôrm/ · U·ni·form · IPA /ˈjunɪˌfɔɹm/
01 a. Having always the same form, manner, or degree; not varying or variable; unchanging; consistent; equable; homogenous; as, the dress of the …
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
Phrases & compounds
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.
02 n. 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;…
  1. 1.
    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.
Phrases & compounds
In full uniform — 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.
03 v. t. To clothe with a uniform; as, to uniform a company of soldiers.
  1. 1.
    To clothe with a uniform; as, to uniform a company of soldiers.
  2. 2.
    To make conformable.[Obs.]