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uniform

Pronunciation: /ˈjunɪˌfɔɹm/

The English word “uniform” has 9 meanings listed here.

adjective

  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.
  5. (of a polyhedron) That is isogonal and whose faces are regular polygons; (of an n-dimensional (n>3) polytope) that is isogonal and whose bounding (n-1)-dimensional facets are uniform polytopes.

noun

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French uniforme, from Latin uniformis.

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