uniform

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Translingual

Noun

uniform

1. Alternative letter-case form of Uniform of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French uniforme, from Latin uniformis.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: yo͞oʹnĭ-fôrm, IPA^(key): /ˈjunɪˌfɔɹm/, /ˈjunɪfɚm/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈjuːnɪfɔːm/
• Hyphenation: uni‧form

Adjective

uniform (comparative more uniform, superlative most uniform)

1. Unvarying; all the same.
2. Consistent; conforming to one standard.
3. (mathematics) with speed of convergence not depending on choice of function argument; as in uniform continuity, uniform convergence
4. (chemistry, of a polymer) Composed of a single macromolecular species.
5. (geometry) (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.

Usage notes

• As a description of polymers, the IUPAC prefers the term uniform to monodisperse.

Synonyms

• (unvarying): regular, stable; see also Thesaurus:steady
• (all the same): invariable, of a piece; see also Thesaurus:homogeneous

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “all the same”): diverse
• nonuniform

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Translations

Noun

uniform (plural uniforms)

1. A distinctive outfit that serves to identify members of a group, company, prison inmates, etc.
   • F. W. Robertson

     There are many things which a soldier will do in his plain clothes which he scorns to do in his uniform.
2. (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Uniform from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
3. (law enforcement) A uniformed police officer (as opposed to a detective).

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Translations

Verb

uniform (third-person singular simple present uniforms, present participle uniforming, simple past and past participle uniformed)

1. (transitive) To clothe in a uniform.

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French uniforme, from Latin ūnifōrmis.

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ˈy.niˌfɔrm/
• Hyphenation: uni‧form

Noun

uniform n (plural uniformen, diminutive uniformpje n)

1. uniform; a distinctive outfit [from 18th c.]

Derived terms

• politie-uniform

Descendants

• Afrikaans: uniform

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ˌyniˈfɔrm/
• Hyphenation: uni‧form
• Rhymes: -ɔrm

Adjective

uniform (comparative uniformer, superlative uniformst)

1. uniform [from 16th c.]

   Synonym: eenvormig

   Antonyms: veelvormig, pluriform, polymorf

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: uniform

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

uniform m or f (definite singular uniforma or uniformen, indefinite plural uniformer, definite plural uniformene)

1. a uniform

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

uniform f (definite singular uniforma, indefinite plural uniformer, definite plural uniformene)

1. a uniform

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French uniforme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈɲi.fɔrm/
• Rhymes: -ifɔrm
• Syllabification: u‧ni‧form

Noun

uniform m inan

1. (rare) uniform

   Synonyms: mundur, mundurek

Declension

Further reading

• uniform in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• uniform in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ūnifōrmis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌu.niˈform/

Adjective

uniform m or n (feminine singular uniformă, masculine plural uniformi, feminine and neuter plural uniforme)

1. uniform

Declension

Related terms

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin uniformis.

Pronunciation

Noun

uniform c

1. Uniform; a distinctive outfit.

Declension

References

• uniform in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) (noun)
• uniform in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) (adjective)