Uniflagellate
(U`ni*fla*gel"late) a. [Uni- + flagellate.] (Biol.) Having but one flagellum; as, uniflagellate
organisms.
Uniflorous
(U`ni*flo"rous) a. [Uni- + L. flos, floris, a flower: cf. F. uniflore.] (Bot.) Bearing one flower
only; as, a uniflorous peduncle.
Unifolliate
(U`ni*fol"li*ate) a. [Uni- + foliate.] (Bot.) Having only one leaf.
Unifollilate
(U`ni*fol"li*late) a. [Uni- + foliolate.] (Bot.) Having only one leaflet, as the leaves of the
orange tree.
Uniform
(U"ni*form) a. [L. uniformis; unus one + forma from: cf. F. uniforme.]
1. Having always the same form, manner, or degree; not varying or variable; unchanging; consistent; equable; homogenous; as,
the dress of the Asiatics has been uniform from early ages; the temperature is uniform; a stratum of
uniform clay. Whewell.
2. Of the same form with others; agreeing with each other; conforming to one rule or mode; consonant.
The only doubt is . . . how far churches are bound to be uniform in their ceremonies.
Hooker. Uniform matter, that which is all of the same kind and texture; homogenous matter. — Uniform motion,
the motion of a body when it passes over equal spaces in equal times; equable motion. Hutton.
Uniform
(U"ni*form), n. [F. uniforme. See Uniform, a.] A dress of a particular style or fashion worn
by persons in the same service or order by means of which they have a distinctive appearance; as, the
uniform of the artillery, of the police, of the Freemasons, etc.
There are many things which, a soldier will do in his plain clothes which he scorns to do in his uniform.
F. W. Robertson. In full uniform (Mil.), wearing the whole of the prescribed uniform, with ornaments, badges of rank,
sash, side arms, etc. — Uniform sword, an officer's sword of the regulation pattern prescribed for the
army or navy.
Uniform
(U"ni*form), v. t.
1. To clothe with a uniform; as, to uniform a company of soldiers.
2. To make conformable. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
Uniformal
(U`ni*form"al) a. Uniform. [Obs.] Herrick.
Uniformism
(U"ni*form`ism) n. [From Uniform.] (Geol.) The doctrine of uniformity in the geological
history of the earth; — in part equivalent to uniformitarianism, but also used, more broadly, as opposed
to catastrophism.
Uniformitarian
(U`ni*form`i*ta"ri*an) a. (Geol.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the view or doctrine
that existing causes, acting in the same manner and with essentially the same intensity as at the present
time, are sufficient to account for all geological changes.
Uniformitarian
(U`ni*form`i*ta"ri*an), n. (Geol.) One who accepts uniformitarianism, or the uniformitarian
doctrine.
Uniformitarianism
(U`ni*form`i*ta"ri*an*ism) n. (Geol.) The uniformitarian doctrine.
Uniformity
(U`ni*form"i*ty) n. [L. uniformitas: cf. F. uniformité.]
