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uniformity

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CIDE DICTIONARY

uniformityn. [L. uniformitas: cf. F. uniformité.].
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Consistency; sameness; as, the uniformity of a man's opinions.  [1913 Webster]
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Continued or unvaried sameness or likeness.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Conformity to a pattern or rule; resemblance, consonance, or agreement; as, the uniformity of different churches in ceremonies or rites.  [1913 Webster]
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.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

uniformity, n. (pl. -ies)
1 being uniform; sameness, consistency.
2 an instance of this.

Idiom
Act of Uniformity hist. any of four acts (esp. that of 1662) for securing uniformity in public worship and the use of a particular Book of Common Prayer.
Etymology
ME f. OF uniformit{eacute} or LL uniformitas (as UNIFORM)

THESAURUS

uniformity

accommodation, accord, accordance, acquiescence, adaptation, adaption, adjustment, affinity, agreement, aplomb, arrangement, array, assent, balance, balanced personality, bilateral symmetry, ceaselessness, changelessness, chorus, clockwork regularity, coherence, coincidence, combination, compatibility, compliance, concert, concord, concordance, conformance, conformation, conformation other-direction, conformity, congeniality, congruence, congruency, congruity, consecutiveness, consistency, consonance, consort, constancy, constant flow, continualness, continuity, continuousness, conventionality, cool, cooperation, correspondence, deployment, disposal, disposition, downiness, drabness, dullness, dynamic symmetry, elementarity, endlessness, equality, equilibrium, equivalence, eurythmics, eurythmy, evenness, fastness, featurelessness, finish, firmness, flatness, flexibility, formation, frictionlessness, fullness, fundamentality, fusion, gaplessness, glabriety, glabrousness, glossiness, greasiness, harmoniousness, harmony, homeostasis, homogeneity, identity, imperturbability, incessancy, indiscernibility, indistinction, indistinctness, indistinguishableness, individuality, indivisibility, intactness, integrality, integration, integrity, intersection, invariability, inviolability, irreducibility, jointlessness, keeping, layout, levelness, line, lineup, lubricity, malleability, marshaling, methodicalness, monism, monotony, multilateral symmetry, nerve, obedience, observance, oiliness, oneness, order, organic unity, organization, orthodoxy, overlap, parallelism, particularity, peace, plainness, plenitude, pliancy, polarity, proportion, proportionality, punctuality, purity, quiet, quietude, rapport, reconcilement, reconciliation, regularity, reliability, repetition, rootedness, routine, sameness, sang-froid, satininess, seamlessness, secureness, security, self-consistency, selfsameness, setup, severity, shapeliness, silkiness, similarity, similitude, simpleness, simplicity, singleness, singularity, sleekness, slickness, slipperiness, smoothness, solidarity, solidification, solidity, soundness, stability, stable equilibrium, stable state, starkness, steadfastness, steadiness, steady nerves, steady state, strictness, structure, suavity, substantiality, successiveness, symmetricalness, symmetry, sync, synchronism, system, systematicalness, tally, tedium, timing, traditionalism, tranquillity, trilateral symmetry, unadulteration, unbrokenness, unchangeability, undeflectability, undifferentiation, undistinguishableness, undividedness, unification, unintermittedness, uninterruptedness, uninterruption, union, uniqueness, unison, unisonance, unity, univocity, unmixedness, unrelievedness, unshakable nerves, unshakableness, unsophistication, vagueness, velvetiness, wholeness

ROGET THESAURUS

uniformity

Uniformity

N uniformity, homogeneity, homogeneousness, consistency, connaturality, connaturalness, homology, accordance, conformity, agreement, consonance, uniformness, regularity, constancy, even tenor, routine, monotony, uniform, homogeneous, homologous, of a piece, consistent, connatural, monotonous, even, invariable, regular, unchanged, undeviating, unvaried, unvarying, unsegmented, uniformly, uniformly with, in harmony with, always, invariably, without exception, without fail, unfailingly, never otherwise, by clockwork, ab uno disce omnes.

Similarity

N similarity, resemblance, likeness, similitude, semblance, affinity, approximation, parallelism, agreement, analogy, analogicalness, correspondence, homoiousia, parity, connaturalness, connaturality, brotherhood, family likeness, alliteration, rhyme, pun, repetition, sameness, uniformity, isogamy, analogue, the like, match, pendant, fellow companion, pair, mate, twin, double, counterpart, brother, sister, one's second self, alter ego, chip of the old block, par nobile fratrum, Arcades ambo, birds of a feather, et hoc genus omne, gens de meme famille, parallel, simile, type, image, photograph, close resemblance, striking resemblance, speaking resemblance, faithful likeness, faithful resemblance, similar, resembling, like, alike, twin, analogous, analogical, parallel, of a piece, such as, so, homoiousian, connatural, congener, allied to, akin to, approximate, much the same, near, close, something like, sort of, in the ballpark, such like, a show of, mock, pseudo, simulating, representing, exact, lifelike, faithful, true to nature, true to life, the very image, the very picture of, for all the world like, comme deux gouttes d'eau, as like as two peas in a pod, as like as it can stare, instar omnium, cast in the same mold, ridiculously like, as if, so to speak, as it were, as if it were, quasi, just as, veluti in speculum, et sic de similibus, tel maitre tel valet, tel pere tel fils, like master, like servant, like father, like son, the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree, a chip off the old block.

Agreement

N agreement, accord, accordance, unison, harmony, concord, concordance, concert, understanding, mutual understanding, conformity, conformance, uniformity, consonance, consentaneousness, consistency, congruity, congruence, keeping, congeniality, correspondence, parallelism, apposition, union, fitness, aptness, relevancy, pertinence, pertinencey, sortance, case in point, aptitude, coaptation, propriety, applicability, admissibility, commensurability, compatibility, cognation, adaption, adjustment, graduation, accommodation, reconciliation, reconcilement, assimilation, consent, concurrence, cooperation, right man in the right place, very thing, quite the thing, just the thing, agreeing, suiting, in accord, accordant, concordant, consonant, congruous, consentaneous, correspondent, congenial, coherent, becoming, harmonious reconcilable, conformable, in accordance with, in harmony with, in keeping with, in unison with at one with, of one mind, of a piece, consistent, compatible, proportionate, commensurate, on all fours, apt, apposite, pertinent, pat, to the point, to the purpose, happy, felicitous, germane, ad rem, in point, on point, directly on point, bearing upon, applicable, relevant, admissible, fit adapted, in loco, a propos, appropriate, seasonable, sortable, suitable, idoneous, deft, meet, at home, in one's proper element, a propos of, pertinently, rem acu tetigisti, if the shoe fits, wear it, the cap fits, auxilia humilia firma consensus facit, discers concordia.

Order

N order, regularity, uniformity, symmetry, lucidus ordo, music of the spheres, gradation, progression, series, subordination, course, even tenor, routine, method, disposition, arrangement, array, system, economy, discipline orderliness, rank, place, orderly, regular, in order, in trim, in apple-pie order, in its proper place, neat, tidy, en regle, well regulated, correct, methodical, uniform, symmetrical, shipshape, businesslike, systematic, unconfused &c (confuse), arranged, in order, methodically, in turn, in its turn, by steps, step by step, by regular steps, by regular gradations, by regular stages, by regular intervals, seriatim, systematically, by clockwork, gradatim, at stated periods, natura non facit saltum, order is heaven's first law, order from disorder sprung, ordo est parium dispariumque rerum sua loca tribue.

Frequency

N frequency, oftness, oftenness, commonness, repetition, normality, example (conformity), routine, custom (habit), regularity, uniformity, constancy, clock-work precision, punctuality, even tenor, system, routine, formula, rule, keynote, standard, model, precedent, conformity, frequent, many times, not rare, thickcoming, incessant, perpetual, continual, steady, constant, thick, uniform, repeated, customary, (habit), regular (normal), according to rule, common, everyday, usual, ordinary, familiar, old-hat, boring, well-known, trivial, often, oft, ofttimes, oftentimes, frequently, repeatedly, unseldom, not unfrequently, in quick succession, in rapid succession, many a time and oft, daily, hourly, every day, every hour, every moment, perpetually, continually, constantly, incessantly, without ceasing, at all times, daily and hourly, night and day, day and night, day after day, morning noon and night, ever anon, invariably (habit), most often, commonly, sometimes, occasionally, at times, now and then, from time to time, there being times when, toties quoties, often enough, when the mood strikes, again and again.

Symmetry

N symmetry, shapeliness, finish, beauty, proportion, eurythmy, uniformity, parallelism, bilateral symmetry, trilateral symmetry, multilateral symmetry, centrality, arborescence, branching, ramification, arbor vitae, symmetrical, shapely, well set, finished, beautiful, classic, chaste, severe, regular, uniform, balanced, equal, parallel, coextensive, arborescent, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, branching, ramous, ramose, filiciform, filicoid, subarborescent, papilionaceous, fuji-shaped, fujigata.


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