uniformity
uniformity is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Consistency; sameness; as, the uniformity of a man's opinions.
- 2.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.
- 3.Continued or unvaried sameness or likeness.
- 4.Conformity to a pattern or rule; resemblance, consonance, or agreement; as, the uniformity of different churches in ceremonies or rites. Act of Uniformity (Eng. Hist.), an act of Parliament, passed in 1661, prescribing the form of public prayers, administration of sacraments, and other rites of the Established Church of England. Its provisions were modified by the "Act of Uniformity Amendment Act," of 1872.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accord
- accordance
- agreement
- all
- always
- and
- assimilate
- become
- clockwork
- conform
- conformably
- conformity
- connatural
- connaturality
- connaturalness
- consistency
- consistent
- consonance
- constancy
- dissimilarity
- dissimilitude
- divarication
- divergence
- diversified
- diversity
- dress
- even
- everywhere
- exception
- fail
- harmony
- here
- homogeneity
- homogeneous
- homogeneousness
- homologous
- homology
- invariable
- irregular
- irregularity
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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