uniform

== Translingual == === Noun === uniform 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: u‧ni‧form === Adjective === uniform (comparative more uniform, superlative most uniform) Unvarying; all the same. Synonyms: regular, stable; invariable, of a piece; see also Thesaurus:steady, Thesaurus:homogeneous Antonym: diverse Consistent; conforming to one standard. Synonyms: compliant, congruent; see also Thesaurus:conformant (mathematics) with speed of convergence not depending on choice of function argument; as in uniform continuity, uniform convergence (chemistry, of a polymer) Composed of a single macromolecular species. (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. ==== Antonyms ==== nonuniform omniform, multiform; Thesaurus:multiform ==== Coordinate terms ==== quasiuniform semiuniform universal ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === uniform (plural uniforms) 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. (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Uniform from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet. (law enforcement) A uniformed police officer (as opposed to a detective). (computer graphics) In OpenGL, a global shader variable whose value does not change between rendering calls, serving as a parameter. 2009, Randi J. Rost, ‎Bill Licea-Kane, ‎Dan Ginsburg, OpenGL Shading Language Hence, uniforms of the same name in a vertex and fragment program will be the same uniform variable. Uniforms cannot be written to in a shader. This is sensible because an array of processors may be sharing the same resources […] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === uniform (third-person singular simple present uniforms, present participle uniforming, simple past and past participle uniformed) (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) uniform; a distinctive outfit [from 18th c.] ===== Derived terms ===== politie-uniform schooluniform ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: uniform === Pronunciation 2 === IPA(key): /ˌyniˈfɔrm/ Hyphenation: uni‧form Rhymes: -ɔrm ==== Adjective ==== uniform (comparative uniformer, superlative uniformst) 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) a uniform == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === uniform f (definite singular uniforma, indefinite plural uniformer, definite plural uniformene) a uniform == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French uniforme. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /uˈɲi.fɔrm/ Rhymes: -ifɔrm Syllabification: u‧ni‧form === Noun === uniform m inan (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/neuter plural uniforme) uniform ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== == Swedish == === Etymology === From Latin uniformis. === Pronunciation === === Noun === uniform c Uniform; a distinctive outfit. ==== Declension ==== === References === “uniform”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) (noun) “uniform”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) (adjective)