1. 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.
2. Consistency; sameness; as, the uniformity of a man's opinions.
3. 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.
4. Continued or unvaried sameness or likeness.
5. 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.
Uniformly
(U"ni*form`ly) adv. In a uniform manner; without variation or diversity; by a regular, constant, or
common ratio of change; with even tenor; as, a temper uniformly mild.
To vary uniformly (Math.), to vary with the ratio of the corresponding increments constant; — said of
two dependent quantities with regard to each other.
Unifromness
(U"ni*from`ness), n. The quality or state of being uniform; uniformity.
Unify
(U"ni*fy) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Unified ; p. pr. & vb. n. Unifying ] [Uni- + -fy: cf. F. unifier.] To
cause to be one; to make into a unit; to unite; to view as one.
A comprehensive or unifying act of the judging faculty.
De Quincey.
Perception is thus a unifying act.
Sir W. Hamilton. Unigeniture
(U`ni*gen"i*ture) n. [L. unigenitus only-begotten; unus one + gignere, genitum, to beget.]
The state of being the only begotten. [R.] Bp. Pearson.
Unigenous
(U*nig"e*nous) a. [L. unigena; unus one + genere, gignere, to beget.] (Biol.) Being of
one kind; being of the same genus.
Unijugate
(U*nij"u*gate) a. [Uni- + L. jugum yoke, pair: cf. L. unijugus having one yoke.] (Bot.) Having
but one pair of leaflets; — said of a pinnate leaf.
Unilabiate
(U`ni*la"bi*ate) a. [Uni- + labiate.] (Bot.) Having one lip only; as, a unilabiate corolla.
Unilateral
(U`ni*lat"er*al) a. [Uni- + lateral: cf. F. unilatéral.]
1. Being on one side only; affecting but one side; one-sided.
2. (Biol.) Pertaining to one side; one- sided; as, a unilateral raceme, in which the flowers grow only on
one side of a common axis, or are all turned to one side.
Unilateral contract (Law), a contract or engagement requiring future action only by one party.
