Uniformity
[juːnɪ'fɔːmɪtɪ] or [,jʊnə'fɔrməti]
Definition
(noun.) the quality of lacking diversity or variation (even to the point of boredom).
(noun.) a condition in which everything is regular and unvarying.
Edited by Ben--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) Consistency; sameness; as, the uniformity of a man's opinions.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Continued or unvaried sameness or likeness.
(n.) Conformity to a pattern or rule; resemblance, consonance, or agreement; as, the uniformity of different churches in ceremonies or rites.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Sameness, regularity.[2]. Consonance, conformity, unanimity.
Editor: William
Examples
- Under such circumstances, they have a mechanical uniformity, assumed to be alike for all minds. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- By operating steadily to call out certain acts, habits are formed which function with the same uniformity as the original stimuli. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I wish people wouldn't be so ready to think that there is no progress without uniformity. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The principle in these appliances is the employment of two different metals which expand unequally, and thus maintain an uniformity of operation. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- There was, it is true, a limit to this tendency to uniformity. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- We should rejoice at that, for profusion means fertility; where a dead uniformity ceases, invention and ingenuity flourish. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Lay the blame, pray, on the dull uniformity of life at Limmeridge, and not on me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It was to be left until the mixture was hard, and the requirement of the test was that there should be absolute uniformity of mixture and mass throughout. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- To secure uniformity in the several Federal circuits and correct errors, it has been proposed to establish a central court of patent appeals in Washington. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The trees in no two avenues are shaped alike, and consequently the eye is not fatigued with anything in the nature of monotonous uniformity. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The means have varied in many instances, but chiefly consist of bags and other receptacles to hold and distribute the oil upon the surrounding water with economy and uniformity. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Conformity is made equivalent to uniformity. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Mr. Brunel, the engineer of the Great Western Railway, departed from that uniformity, and laid down the rails 7 feet apart. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- He thinks that to be most of a state which is most like one man, and in which the citizens have the greatest uniformity of character. Plato. The Republic.
- We indiscriminately employ children of different bents on the same exercises; their education destroys the special bent and leaves a dull uniformity. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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