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uniform

/ˈjuːnɪfɔːm/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A distinctive outfit that serves to identify members of a group.
  2. Phonetic equivalent for the letter U in the ICAO spelling alphabet, informally known as the NATO phonetic alphabet.
  3. A uniformed police officer (as opposed to a detective).
  4. To clothe in a uniform.
  5. Unvarying; all the same.
  6. Consistent; conforming to one standard.
  7. With speed of convergence not depending on choice of function argument; as in uniform continuity, uniform convergence
  8. (of a polymer) Composed of a single macromolecular species.
  9. (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.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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