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uniform

/ˈjuːnɪfɔːm/

noun

Meaning

  • A distinctive outfit that serves to identify members of a group.

  • Phonetic equivalent for the letter U in the ICAO spelling alphabet, informally known as the NATO phonetic alphabet.

  • A uniformed police officer (as opposed to a detective).

verb

Meaning

  • To clothe in a uniform.

adjective

Meaning

  • Unvarying; all the same.

  • Consistent; conforming to one standard.

  • With speed of convergence not depending on choice of function argument; as in uniform continuity, uniform convergence

  • (of a polymer) Composed of a single macromolecular species.

  • (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.

Synonyms

invariable,
of a piece,
regular,
stable