uniformity
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: geography
geology
lifestyle
natural-sciences
religion
Etymology: From Late Middle English uniformite, uniformitie (“conformity or equality among several parts; similar degree”), borrowed from Old French uniformité (“uniformity”) (modern French uniformité), or from its etymon Late Latin ūniformitās, from Latin ūnifōrmis (“having only one form or shape, uniform”) + -itās (a variant of -tās (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns indicating a state of being)). Ūnifōrmis is derived from ūni- (prefix meaning ‘one’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos (“one”)) + -fōrmis (suffix meaning having the form of) (from fōrma (“appearance, form, shape”); further etymology unknown). By surface analysis, uniform + -ity.
Inflected forms:
form: uniformities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The quality or state of being uniform.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: The buildings are all of brick, of a goodly heigth, and an excellent vniformity in moſt of the ſtreets, the toppes riſing vvith battlements.
It remaines, that I collect as vvell as I can, thoſe memorials vvhich I find of this expedition ſcattered in diuers places: a vvorke neceſſarie, for that the greatneſſe of this action vvas ſuch, as ought not to bee omitted in a generall Hiſtorie; yet not eaſie, the conſent of thoſe that haue vvritten thereof, being nothing neare to vniformitie.
Houſes are built to Liue in, and not to Looke on: Therefore let Vſe bee preferred before Vniformitie; Except vvhere both may be had.
[T]his diſtinction of Honour vvill bring forth a ſeemly and gracefull Uniformity over all the Kingdome.
Uniformity alſo much pleaſeth the eye; and 'tis obſerved that free-ſtone, like a fair complexion, ſooneſt vvaxeth old, vvhileſt brick keeps her beauty longeſt.
Steeples, &c. have generally been varied from the cone, to take off from their too great ſimplicity, and inſtead of their circular baſes, polygons of different, but even numbers of ſides, have been ſubſtituted, I ſuppoſe for the ſake of uniformity. […] Yet, in my mind, odd numbers have the advantage over the even ones, as varieth is more pleaſing than uniformity, vvhere the ſame end is anſvver'd by both; […]
To produce therefore a perfect grandeur in ſuch things as vve have been mentioning, there ſhould be a perfect ſimplicity, an abſolute uniformity in diſpoſition, ſhape and colouring.
[T]he tents are all ranged in a ſtrait line, novv Lady Gorget, can any thing be vvorſe than a ſtrait line; and is not there a horrid uniformity in their infinite viſta of canvas? no curve, no break, and the avenue of marquees abominable.
The uniformity of the wheel diameters of diesel and electric locomotives and m.u. trains impairs the spreading of grease from one point fed by the lubricator and the growing traffic of m.u. trains and railcars has increased the need for lubrication and for check rails in certain places.
gloss: The quality or state of being uniform.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: The uniformity of the decor
Brown was the first livery selected for the company by Brunel nearly 108 years ago, and it continued until October, 1864, when the Directors decided that, to relieve the uniformity, carriages of all classes should be painted white from the waist upwards.
There is no uniformity: clay-and-straw cob walls and thatch roofs stand happily next to brick and tile, timber and stone.
gloss: The quality or state of being uniform.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: The quality or state of being uniform.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: It must be granted at once, to the advocates of this geological uniformity, that we are not arbitrarily to assume the existence of catastrophes. The degree of uniformity and continuity with which terromotive forces have acted, must be collected, not from any gratuitous hypothesis, but from the facts of the case.
gloss: The quality or state of being uniform.
pos: noun
tags: especially
uncountable
usually
examples: Novv, vvhen the father of their Church, vvho gladly vvould heale the ſoare of the daugheer^([sic]) of his people ſoftly and ſleightly, and make the beſt of it, findeth ſo great fault vvith them for their oddes and iarring; vve hope the children haue no great cauſe to vaunt of their vniformitie.
VVhither Mr. [William] Dell is arrived, let his Sermon againſt Reformation, and his Treatiſe againſt Uniformity vvitneſs.
Synonyms: conformity
homogeneousness
homogeneity
regularity
uniformity
uniformness
Antonyms: nonuniformity
unevenness
variation
variegation
variety
Related words: monotony
sameness
symmetry
hodgepodge
Derived words: disuniformity
nonuniformity
semiuniformity
uniformitarian
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: еднообразие
roman: ednoobrazie
lang: Finnish
word: yhdenmukaisuus
lang: Finnish
word: yhtenäisyys