Uniformity Definition

Since the group decided to focus this project more on uniformity, I decided to do some research into the dictionary definition. I found it interesting how the same word can come up with different definitions in different dictionaries.

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/uniform_2?q=uniformity

uniform

adjective

the same; not changing or different in any way:

As in so many offices that you see, the walls and furniture are a uniform grey.

Small businesses are demanding that they receive uniform treatment from the banks.

Publication Title:
 Oxford Paperback Thesaurus

Date:
 01/2012

Edition:
 4

Genre:
 English Dictionary

Uniformity

noun – antonyms variation, variety.

1. uniformity in tax law: constancy, consistency, conformity, invariability, stability, regularity, evenness, homogeneity, homogeneousness, equality.

2. a dull uniformity: monotony, tedium, tediousness, dullness, dreariness, flatness, sameness.

Publication Title: 
The Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins

Date:
 01/2009

Edition: 
2

Genre:
 Subject Reference

uniformity

[LME]

This is from Latin uniformis ‘of one form’. Uniform [M16th] had the same meaning, until the modern sense of clothing of a fixed style worn by each member of a group developed in the mid 18th century.

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