UNIFORM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does uniform mean? 

• UNIFORM (noun)
  The noun UNIFORM has 1 sense:

1. clothing of distinctive design worn by members of a particular group as a means of identification

  Familiarity information: UNIFORM used as a noun is very rare.

• UNIFORM (adjective)
  The adjective UNIFORM has 4 senses:

1. always the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences

2. the same throughout in structure or composition

3. not differentiated

4. evenly spaced

  Familiarity information: UNIFORM used as an adjective is uncommon.

• UNIFORM (verb)
  The verb UNIFORM has 1 sense:

1. provide with uniforms

  Familiarity information: UNIFORM used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNIFORM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Clothing of distinctive design worn by members of a particular group as a means of identification

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("uniform" is a kind of...):

article of clothing; clothing; habiliment; vesture; wear; wearable (a covering designed to be worn on a person's body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "uniform"):

jump suit (one-piece uniform worn by parachutists)

livery (uniform worn by some menservants and chauffeurs)

military uniform (prescribed identifying uniform for soldiers)

Derivation:

uniform (provide with uniforms)

• UNIFORM (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Always the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences

Synonyms:

uniform; unvarying

Context example:

a street of uniform tall white buildings

Similar:

single (having uniform application)

Antonym:

multiform (occurring in or having many forms or shapes or appearances)

Derivation:

uniformity (the quality of lacking diversity or variation (even to the point of boredom))

uniformity (a condition in which everything is regular and unvarying)

uniformness (the quality of lacking diversity or variation (even to the point of boredom))

Sense 2

Meaning:

The same throughout in structure or composition

Synonyms:

consistent; uniform

Context example:

bituminous coal is often treated as a consistent and homogeneous product

Similar:

homogeneous; homogenous (all of the same or similar kind or nature)

Derivation:

uniformity (the quality of lacking diversity or variation (even to the point of boredom))

uniformity (a condition in which everything is regular and unvarying)

uniformness (the quality of lacking diversity or variation (even to the point of boredom))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Not differentiated

Synonyms:

undifferentiated; uniform

Similar:

dedifferentiated (having experienced or undergone dedifferentiation or the loss of specialization in form or function)

Derivation:

uniformity (the quality of lacking diversity or variation (even to the point of boredom))

uniformity (a condition in which everything is regular and unvarying)

uniformize (make uniform)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Evenly spaced

Context example:

at regular (or uniform) intervals

Similar:

regular (in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle)

Derivation:

uniformity (the quality of lacking diversity or variation (even to the point of boredom))

• UNIFORM (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they uniform    ... he / she / it uniforms   
Past simple: uniformed   
Past participle: uniformed   
-ing form: uniforming   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Provide with uniforms

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

The guards were uniformed

Hypernyms (to "uniform" is one way to...):

furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

uniform (clothing of distinctive design worn by members of a particular group as a means of identification)

 Context examples 

The tumor cells are generally uniform.

(Meningothelial Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic architectural pattern in which a cellular population is distributed in a relatively uniform fashion throughout a specified tissue area; not focal.

(Diffuse Pattern, NCI Thesaurus)

An artifact resulting from non-uniform signal intensities across the imaging field.

(Non-uniform Signal Intensity Artifact, NCI Thesaurus)

Morphologically it is characterized by the presence of neoplastic uniform, round cells with neuronal differentiation.

(Extraventricular Neurocytoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The neoplastic cells have uniform nuclei and small amount of eosinophilic cytoplasm.

(Duodenal Gastrin-Producing Neuroendocrine Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

It’s easy to tell that you have been accustomed to wear a uniform, Watson.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Diffuse hyperplasia refers to a more extensive or uniform epithelial hyperplasia, generally involving >50% of the gland spaces.

(Epithelial Diffuse Hyperplasia of the Mouse Prostate Gland, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

An invasive adenocarcinoma of the breast characterized by the presence of islands of small and uniform cells, surrounded by large amounts of mucin.

(Mucinous Breast Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A solid/multicystic ameloblastoma with follicular pattern in which the odontogenic epithelial islands are composed of uniform basaloid cells.

(Basal Cell Ameloblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The species will move from the high concentration area to the low concentration area till the concentration is uniform in the whole phase.

(Diffusion, NCI Thesaurus)