Dictionary Entry
uniform
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˈjuːnɪfɔːm/Word FrequencyCommon (5.2)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)A distinctive outfit that serves to identify members of a group.
In a Sentence
“Students can use uniform to explain A distinctive outfit that serves to identify members of a group..”
Published Usage Examples
“'A uniform rod '(it is a marvellous act of mercy that the examiner invented it _uniform_; it is strange that its thickness did not vary in some complicated manner, and become a veritable birch-rod!)' of length”
“We call its motion a uniform translation (uniform because it is of constant velocity and direction, translation because although the carriage changes its position relative to the embankment yet it does not rotate in so doing).”
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Origin
Latin, from unus 'one' + forma 'shape'.
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