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{ }, n. 1. The wedge-shaped characters used in ancient Persian and Assyrian inscriptions. I. Taylor (The Alphabet). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) (a) One of the three tarsal bones supporting the first, second third metatarsals. They are usually designated as external, middle, and internal, or ectocuniform, mesocuniform, and entocuniform, respectively. (b) One of the carpal bones usually articulating with the ulna; -- called also pyramidal and ulnare. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not uniform. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Ecto- + cuneiform, cuniform. ] (Anat.) One of the bones of the tarsus. See Cuneiform. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Ento- + cuneiform, cuniform. ] (Anat.) One of the bones of the tarsus. See Cuneiform. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. luna moon + -form: cf. F. luniforme. ] Resembling the moon in shape. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Meso- + cuneiform, cuniform. ] (Anat.) One of the bones of the tarsus. See 2d Cuneiform. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who believes that past changes in the structure of the earth have proceeded from cataclysms or causes more violent than are now operating; -- called also nonuniformitarian. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Mil. & Nav.) The uniform prescribed in regulations for active or routine service, in distinction from dress, full dress, etc. In the United States army it is of olive-drab woolen or khaki-colored cotton, with all metal attachments of dull-finish bronze, with the exceptional of insignia of rank, which are of gold or silver finish. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. uniformis; unus one + forma from: cf. F. uniforme. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of the same form with others; agreeing with each other; conforming to one rule or mode; consonant. [ 1913 Webster ]

The only doubt is . . . how far churches are bound to be uniform in their ceremonies. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

There are many things which, a soldier will do in his plain clothes which he scorns to do in his uniform. F. W. Robertson. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To clothe with a uniform; as, to uniform a company of soldiers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make conformable. [ Obs. ] Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Uniform. [ Obs. ] Herrick. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Uniform. ] (Geol.) The doctrine of uniformity in the geological history of the earth; -- in part equivalent to uniformitarianism, but also used, more broadly, as opposed to catastrophism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Geol.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the view or doctrine that existing causes, acting in the same manner and with essentially the same intensity as at the present time, are sufficient to account for all geological changes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Geol.) One who accepts uniformitarianism, or the uniformitarian doctrine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Geol.) The uniformitarian doctrine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. uniformitas: cf. F. uniformité. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Consistency; sameness; as, the uniformity of a man's opinions. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Continued or unvaried sameness or likeness. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Conformity to a pattern or rule; resemblance, consonance, or agreement; as, the uniformity of different churches in ceremonies or rites. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a uniform manner; without variation or diversity; by a regular, constant, or common ratio of change; with even tenor; as, a temper uniformly mild. [ 1913 Webster ]

To vary uniformly (Math.), to vary with the ratio of the corresponding increments constant; -- said of two dependent quantities with regard to each other. [ 1913 Webster ]