[C,U] the special set of clothes worn by all members of an organization or a group at work, or by children at school:
a military / police / nurse's uniform * soldiers / sailors in uniform * The hat is part of the school uniform.
adjective not varying; the same in all parts and at all times:
uniform rates of pay * The walls were a uniform grey. * Growth has not been uniform across the country. * uniform lines of terraced houses (= they all looked the same)
uniformity noun [U,sing.]:
They tried to ensure uniformity across the different departments. * the drab uniformity of the houses
uniformly adverb:
The principles were applied uniformly across all the departments. * The quality is uniformly high. * Pressure must be uniformly distributed over the whole surface.
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