uniformity (uniform it i)

[= F. unifor mité = Sp. uniform i dad = Pg. uniformidade = It. uniform ità, There is no uniformity in the design of Spenser; he aims at the accomplishment of no one action. Dryden. Queen Elizabeth was remarkable for that steadine and uniformity which ran through all her actions. Add is on. How far away is the doctrine of uniformity [in nature] from fatalism! It begins directly to remind us that men suffer from preventible evils, that the people per is heth for lack of knowledge. W. K. Clifford, Lect., II. 263. We see that only as fast as the practice of the arts develops the idea of measure can the consciousne of uni for mity become clear. H. Spencer, Prin. of Psychol. (2d ed.), § 488. (b) Conformity among several or many to one pattern, plan, rule, etc.; resemblance, consonance, or agreement: as, the uniformity of different churches in ceremonies or rites. Houses are built to live in, and not to look on; therefore let use be preferred before uniformity , except where both may be had. Bacon , Building. Such is the uniformity of almost al the houses of the same streete that they are made alike both in proportion of workmanship and matter. Coryat , Crudities, I. 30. The skilful campaign by which the triumph of the Reformation and of uniformity was secured. R. W. Dixon , Hist. Church of Eng., xv. (c) Continued or unvaried samene or likene ; monotony. Uniformity must tire at last, though it is a uniformity of excellence. Johnson. Acts of Uniformity. See act . uniformize (ü'ni-form-iz), v. t.; pret. and pp. uniform i zed, ppr. uniform i zing. [ The other Congre expre ed a similar wish for the formation of an International Commi ion to fix units and uniformize methods. Nature, XL. 563. uniformly (ūʼni-form-li), adv . In a uniform manner; with uniformity; evenly; invariably. In a light drab he uniformly dre 'd. Crabbe, Tales (Works, IV. 135). No a igned nor any conceivable attribute of the supposed archetypal vertebra is uniformly maintained. H. Spencer , Prin. of Biol. (Am. ed. 1872), § 210. When the simultaneous values of a quantity for different bodies or places are equal, the quantity is said to be uniform (ü'ni-fôrm), v . t . [ uniform , a.] 1. Το make uniform; reduce to uniformity. Sir P. uniformly distributed in space. Sidney. IMG:content-1405.png:[blocks in formation] uniformitarian (ū-ni-fôr-mi-tā'ri-an), a. and n. [ The catastrophist and the uniformitarian opinions. Whewell, Hist. of Scientific Ideas, II. 289. The uniformitarian theories of Sir Charles Lyell were regarded as heresies by many. Westminster Rev., CXXVI. 544. II. n. One who upholds a system or doctrine of uniformity; specifically, in geol ., one who advocates the theory that causes now active in bringing about geological changes have always been similar in character and intensity, or, Clerk Maxwell , Matter and Motion, xxiii., foot-note. Uniformly accelerated motion. See acceleration (b). - Uniformly retarded motion. See retard . uniformne (u'ni-fôrm-nes), n . The state or character of being uniform; uniformity. Ber keley . uni foveate (u-ni-fo'vē-āt), a. [L. unus, one, + fovea , a small pit: see foveate .] In entom ., having a single fovea. unify (u'ni-fi), v.; pret. and pp. unified, ppr. uni fying. [F. unifier = Sp. unificar = It. unific are, Perception is thus a unifying act. Sir W. Hamilton . Unle we succeed in finding a rationale of this universal metamorphosis, we obviously fall short of that completely unified knowledge constituting philosophy. IH. Spencer , First Principles, p. 397. II. in trans. To produce unity or uniformity. These Homeridæ were not the only authors of epic poems, but they had the great advantage over other epic bards that they were a genos, and that they worked continuously from generation to generation on the same epics which have outlived all others. poems, adding and unifying , and so they produced the Cla ical Rev., II. 256. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary uni globular (ū-ni-glob'ū-lär), a . Having or wing consisting of a single globular part or form a- tion. Geol. Jour., XLVII. ur ., XLVII. 6. unijugate (u-ni-jö'gāt), a. [L. unijugus, hav- ing one yoke ( unus , one, + jugum , ugum , yoke), + -atel.] In bot . , having but a single pair of leaf- lets: said of a pinnate leaf. unijugous (u-ni-jö ́gus), a . unijugate . unilabiate (ū-ni-lā'bi-āt), a. [L. unus , one, + labium , lip, + -ate1 .] Having -atel .] Having a single lip or lip-like part: said in entomology of orifices with a single fleshy lip on one side, by which they can be closed. uni lamellate (ü-ni-lam'e-lāt), a . [ unus , one, + NL. lamella + -atel .] IMG:content-1407.png:[blocks in formation] unilocular (ū-ni-lok'u-lär), a. [L. unus , one, + loculus , compartment, + -ar2 .] In bot . , zoöl ., and pathol . , having but one loculus, cavity, or compartment; single-chambered; monothala- mous, as a foraminifer; uni loculate: as, a uni- locular pericarp or anther; a unilocular heart or shell: correlated with bilocular , trilocular , quad- rilocular , and multilocular or plurilocular . Also mono locular . uni loculate (u-ni-lok'ū-lāt), a. [L. unus , one, + loculus , compartment, + -atel .] Same as unilocular. unimaginable (un-i-maj'i-na-bl), a. Not ima- ginable; not capable of being imagined, con- IMG:content-1408.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1409.png:[blocks in formation] imaginative; lacking or not characterized by imagination; prosaic. unimaginative ne (un-i-maji-na-tiv-nes), n. The character of being unimaginative. IMG:content-1410.png:[blocks in formation] To a long low coast with beaches and heads That run through unimagined mazes. IMG:content-1411.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1412.png:[blocks in formation] Lowell, Apple dore. Inimitable. Beau . and Fl ., Laws of Candy, i. 2. unimmortalt (un-i-môr'tal), a. Not immortal; mortal. Milton , P. L., x. 611. uni modular (u-ni-mod'ū-lär), a. [L. unus , one, + NL. modulus , modulus, + -ar2.] Having only one modulus. - Uni modular transformation, in alg ., a transformation whose modulus is equal to unity. unimpaired (un-im-pard'), a. Not impaired, in any sense. My strength is unimpaired . Cowper , Ody ey, xxi. unimpa ioned (un-im-pash'ond), a . pa ioned; not moved or actuated by pa ion; uninfluenced by pa ion; calm; tranquil. He [Anselm] was exiled; he returned the same meek, unoffending, unimpa ioned man. effect in life. Such small unimpa ioned revenges have an enormous George Eliot , Mill on the Flo , iii. 7. unimpeachability (un-im-pē-cha-bil'i-ti), n. The character of being unimpeachable, or not open to objection or criticism; blamele ne . Contemporary Rev. , LIV. 343. unimpeachable (un-im-pē'cha-bl), a. Not im- peach able; not capable of being impeached, accused, censured, or called in question; free Unimpre ibility , which impedes memory, is a conse- quence of resistance on the part of ti ue to the usual stimuli. E. D. Cope , Origin of the Fittest, p. 381. Not im- unimpre ible (un-im-pres'i-bl), a. pre ible; not sensitive; apathetic. Clara was honest and quiet; but heavy, mindle , un- Charlotte Brontë , Jane Eyre, xxvii. impre ible. unimprison (un-im-priz'n), v. t. To release from prison; set at liberty. [Rare.] The green lizard and the golden snake, Like unimprisoned flames, out of their trance awake. Shelley, Adonais, xviii. uni muscular (ū-ni-mus kū-lär), a . [L. unus , one, + musculus , muscle, + -ar2.] Having only one adductor muscle, as a bivalve; mono my- arian. Unimusculosa (ū-ni-mus-kū-lōsä), n.pl. [NL., unus , one, + musculosus , musculous: see musculous .] In conch., uni muscular bivalves; the Mono my aria . Reeve . unincensed (un-in-senst'), a. Not incensed, inflamed, provoked, or irritated. Jove! see'st thou unincensed these deeds of Mars? Cowper, Iliad, v. unincidental (un-in-si-dental), a . Unmarked by any incidents. [Rare.] The unimpeachable integrity and piety of many of the promoters of this petition renders those aspersions as idle as they are unjust. Burke , Speech on the Acts of Uniformity. unimpeachable ne (un-im-pe'cha-bl-nes), n. The character of bein of being u ng unimpeachable. God- win, Mandeville, iii. 188. unimpeachably (un-im-pē'cha-bli), adv . In an unimpeachable manner; blamele ly. unimpeached (un-im-pēcht'), cht'), a . 1. Not im- peached; not charged or accused.-2. Not called in question; question; not objected to or crit i- cized: as, testimony unimpeached . His general character is unimpeached , and there is nothing against his credit. D. Webster , Speech, Good rich Case, April, 1817. unimplored (un-im-plord'), a. Not implored; not solicited. Milton , P. L., ix. 22. unimportance (un-im-pôr'tans), n. The charac- ter of being unimportant; want of importance, consequence, weight, value, or the like. unilobar (u-ni-lō'bär), a. [L. unus , one, + NL. lobus , lobe, + -ar2.] Same as unilobed . unilobed (ü'ni-lōbd), a . [L. unus , one, + NL. lobus , lobe, + -ed2.] In entom . , having a single lobe: especially noting the maxillæ of certain portant; not of great moment; of little ac- insects. count. IMG:content-1413.png:[blocks in formation] uninfluenced (un-in'flö-enst), a . 1. Not influ- enced; not persuaded or moved by others, or by foreign considerations; not biased; acting freely. Men.. uninfluenced by fashion and affectation. V. Knox , Sermons, V. xxv. He [Johnson] inferred that a Greek who had few or no books must have been as uninformed as one of Mr. Thrale's draymen. Macaulay , Boswell's Johnson. 2. Not animated; not informed with mind or intelligence; not enlivened. IMG:content-1414.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1415.png:[blocks in formation] uninucleate (ū-ni-nū'klē-āt), a . [L. unus , one, + nucleus , nucleus, + -atel .] Uninuclear. uninvented (un-in-ven'ted), a. Not invented; not found out. Not uninvented that, which thou aright Believ'st so main to our succe , I bring. unintelligently (un-in-tel'i-jent-li), adv . In an unintelligent manner; without reason; dully. unintelligibility (un-in-tel i-ji-bil'i-ti), n. The sive sex, but, in both men and women, a deeper and more character of being unintelligible. I omitted, in the Introduction to the Abbot, any attempt to explain the previous story, or to apologize for unintelligibility . unintelligible (un-in-tel'i-ji-bl), a. Not in tell i- gible; not capable of being understood. Jer. Taylor , Rule of Conscience, i. 21. unintelligiblene (un-in-tel'i-ji-bl-nes), n. Unintelligibility. Bp . Croft. unintelligibly (un-in-tel'i-ji-bli), adv . In an unintelligible manner; so as not to be under- stood. Locke. unintentional (un-in-ten's hon-al), a. Not in- tentional; not designed; döne or happening without design. It is to be observed that an act may be unintentional in any stage or stages of it, though intentional in the pre- ceding stand, on the other hand, it may be intentional unintentionality (un-in-ten-sho-nal'i-ti), n. [ unintentional + -ity .] The character of being uninhabitable (un-in-hab'i-ta-bl), a. Not in unintentional; absence of design or purpose. habitable; not capable capable of of affording habitation; unfit to be the residence of men. Shak ., Tem- pest, ii. 1. 37. uninhabitable ne (un-in-hab'i-ta-bl-nes), п. The state of being uninhabitable. Boyle. Boyle, uninhabited (un-in-hab'i-ted), a . Not inhab- ited; having having no inhabitants: as, an uninhab- ited island. uninjured (un-in'jörd), a . Not injured; not hurt; having suffered no harm. And let a single helple maiden pa Uninjured . Milton , Comus, 1. 403. IMG:content-1416.png:[blocks in formation] uninscribed (un-in-skribd'), a. Not inscribed; having no inscription. Pope , Windsor Forest, 1. 320. uninspired (un-in-spīrd'), a. Not inspired: as, uninspired writings. The uninspired teachers and believers of the gospel. Gibbon. uninstructed (un-in-struk'ted), a. 1. Not in- structed or taught; not educated. IMG:content-1417.png:[blocks in formation] unintermitted (un-in-tér-mit'ed), a. Not in- term it ted; not interrupted; not suspended for a time; continued; continuous: as, uninter- mitted misery. Macaulay . unintermittedly (un-in-ter-mit'ed-li), adv . Without being intermitted; uninterruptedly. unintermitting (un-in-ter-mit'ing), a . term it ting; not ceasing for a time; continuing. unintermittingly (un-in-ter-mit'ing-li), adv . Unceasingly; continuously. unintermixed (un-in-ter-mikst'), a. Not inter- mixed; not mingled. Daniel , Civil Wars, vi. uninterpretable (un-in-ter'pre-ta-bl), a. In- capable of being interpreted: as, uninterpreta- ble enigmas. uninventively uninv (un-in-ven'tiv-li), adv . In an uninventive manner; without invention. un uninvestigable (un-in-ves'ti-ga-bl), a. Inca- pable of being investigated or searched out. Barrow , Sermons, III. iv. uninvite (un-in-vit'), v. v. t. To countermand the invitation of; put off. [Rare.] One of the houses behind them is infected, so I made them uninvite their guests. Pepys , Diary, Nov. 26, 1665. Unio (ū'ni-ō), n. [NL., unio , the number one, onene : see union .] 1. The leading ge- nus of bivalves of the family Unionidæ : former- ly used with great latitude for many species, some of which are now placed in other families as well as in other genera.-2. [l. c.] A species of this genus; any river-mu el. uni ocular (u-ni-ok'u-lär), a. [L. unus , one, + 3] Monocular: opposed n . [NL. (Linnæus, 1737), uniola , an unknown plant, unio , unity: see union .] A genus of gra es, of the tribe Festuceæ and subtribe Eufestuceæ . It is charac terized by an elongated or ample panicle of broad and flat oculus , eye, + -ar3 .] to binocular. Lancet, Lancet , No. 3487, p. 1416. Uniola (u-ni-là), IMG:content-1418.png:[merged small][merged small][ocr errors] That fool intrudes, raw in this great affair, And uninstructed how to stem the tide. uninterrupted (un-in-tér-rup'ted), a. Not in- terrupted; not broken; unintermitted; unce as- ing; ince ant; specifically, in bot . , consisting of regularly increasing or diminishing parts, or of parts all of the same size. tion. unintelligence (un-in-tel'i-jens), n. Want of unintermittedly; unceasingly. Paley . intelligence; stupidity due to ignorance; ununintricatedt (un-in'tri-ka-ted), a . Not per- wisdom. plexed; not obscure or intricate. Hammond. ing united; junction; coalition; combination: as, the union of soul and body. So we grew together, Like to a double cherry, seeming parted, But yet an union in partition. union ... In the temper of Bacon there was a singular union of audacity and sobriety. Macaulay , Lord Bacon. 2. In zoöl., an at., and bot.: (a) The state of close and immediate connection of parts, organs, or ti ues, especially of like parts, or the proce of becoming so united; a growing to gether or its result, as in the different cases of symphysis, synostosis, synchrondrosis, ankylosis, confluence, concrescence, coalescence, conjugation, anastomosis, syzygy, zygosis, and the like. See the distinctive words. (b) The connection of two or several individuals in a compound organism, as of several zoöids in a zoanthodeme.-3. Matrimony; the matrimonial relation, married state, or conjugal bond.-4. Concord; agreement and conjunction of mind, will, affections, or interest; harmony. Lay a foundation for a ble ed Union among our selves, which would frustrate the great design of our enemies Stilling fleet , Sermons, II. vi. upon us. Congreve, To Cynthia. Now, when a mutual Flame you have reveal'd, And the dear Union of our Souls is seal'd. Self-love and social at her birth began; Union the bond of all things, and of man. Pope, E ay on Man, iii. 149. 5. That which is united or made into one; something formed by a combination of various parts or individual things or persons; an aggregate of united parts; a coalition; a combination; a confederation; a league. league. An amalgamation of the Christian religious unions was effected with the sacrificial societies of the pagans. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. lxxiii. (a) A confederacy of two or more nations, or of the various states of a nation: in this sense the United States of America is sometimes called by way of preeminence "The Union." (b) In England and Ireland, two or more parishes consolidated into one for the better administration of the poor-laws. It is in the discretion of the Local Government Board to consolidate any two or more parishes into one union under a single board of guardians elected by the owners and ratepayers of the component parishes. Each union has a common workhouse, and all the cost of the re lief of the poor is charged upon the common fund. (c) Two or more parishes or contiguous benefices consolidated into one for ecclesiastical purposes. (d) An a ociation of independent churches, generally either Congregational or Baptist, for the purpose of promoting mutual fellowship and coöper at i on in Christian work. It differs from most ecclesiastical bodies in po e ing no authority over the churches which unite in it. (e) A permanent combination among workmen engaged in the same occupation or trade. See trade - union. [In old days] if here and there a clergyman, a profe ional man, a politician, or a writer, ventured to raise a voice on behalf of the Unions , he was a ailed with a storm of ridicule and abuse. Nineteenth Century, XXVI. 722. 6. A union workhouse; a workhouse erected and maintained at the joint expense of parishes which have been formed into a union: in Scotland called a combination poor-house. The poor old people that they brick up in the Unions. Dickens, Our Mutual Friend, II. 264. 7. That part of a flag which occupies the upper corner next the staff when it is distinguished from the rest in color or pattern, as in the flag of the United States, where it is blue with white stars, or in the flag of Great Britain; the jack. When the flag is hoisted on the staff with the union below, it is considered a signal of distre . See union down, below. 8. A flag showing the union only. See union flag and union jack, below.-9. A joint, screw, or other connection uniting parts of machinery, or the like; a kind of coupling for connecting tubes together.-10. A textile fabric of several materials, or of different kinds of thread. Then we had an Irish linen, an imitation, you know, a kind of Union , which we call double twist. It is made, I believe, in Manchester, and is a mixture of linen and cotton. Mayhew, London Labour and London Poor, I. 420. 11. A shallow vat or tray in which partly fermented beer is kept to complete its fermentation or to cleanse itself.-12t. A large fine pearl. In the cup an union shall he throw, Richer than that which four succe ive kings In Denmark's crown have worn. Shak ., Hamlet, v. 2. 283. Sighelmus bishop of Schirburne trauailed thorough India, and returning home brought with him many strange and precious vnions and costly spyces. Hakluyt's Voyages , II. 5. Pliny says that the name unio was an invention of the fine gentlemen of Rome, to denote only such pearls as could not be matched. Nares . Act of Union, the name by which several statutes organizing the kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland are known. (a) A statute of 1535-6, enacting the political union of Wales to England. (b) A statute of 1706, uniting the kingdoms of England and Scotland on and after May 1st, 1707. (c) A statute of 1800, which united the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland on and after January 1st, 1801.- Apperceptive union. See apperceptive. - Bony 6619 union, in surg., the knitting of a fracture by callus: opposed to ligamentous union. - Customs union. See cus toms - union and Zollverein. - Evangelical, hypostatic, Latin, liberal union. See the adjectives. - Liberties' Union Act. See liberty . - Union A e ment Acts. See a e ment. - Union by first intention, in sury., the healing of a wound without suppuration. - Union by second intention, in surg., the healing of a wound by granulation after suppuration.- Union churches, a body of Protestant evangelical Christians organized in its present form about 1863. It recognizes no creed except alle giance to the Bible, no test of membership except charac ter, and no ecclesiastical authority superior to that of membership in the local church. Its membership is mainly confined to the Western States in the United States. Union down, said of a flag displaying the union at the bottom instead of in its normal position at the top. A flag hoisted in this position forms a signal of distre . Union flag, the union jack, or national flag of the United Kingdom. The national flag of England was the banner of St. George (heraldically described as argent, a cro gules), and soon after the union of the crowns this was united with the Scottish national flag, or banner of St. Andrew (in the language of heraldry, azure, a saltier argent), thus forming the first union flag. On the legislative union with Scotland in 1707 a new design for the national or union flag was adopted, described in heraldic terms as azure, a saltier argent surmounted by a cro gules fimbriated or edged of the second. On the union with Ireland the red cro or saltier of St. Patrick was introduced, and as thus modified the flag now exists.- Union jack, the national ensign of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, formed by the union of the cro of St. George (red on a white ground), the diagonal cro or saltier of Andrew (white on a blue ground), and the diagonal cro or saltier of St. Patrick (red on a white ground).Universal Postal Union. See postal . =Syn. 1-3. Union , Unity, Junction, Connection Union is the act of bring. two or more together so as to make but one: as, the union of the Mi i ippi and the Mi ouri; union in marriage; or it is the state resulting, or the product of the act: as, the American Union. Unity is only the state of onene , whether there has or has not been previous distinctne : as, the unity of God, the unity of faith, unity of feeling, interest, labor. Junction expre es not simply collocation, but a real and physical bringing into one. Union and junction differ from connection in that the last does not nece arily imply contact: there may be connection between houses by a portico or walk. It is literal to speak of the connection, and figurative to speak of the union, of England and America by a telegraphic cable. II. a. Of or pertaining taining to a union or to the Union (see I., 5 (a)); in favor of the Union: as, the Union party; Union principles; Union sympathies. Union Labor party, in U. S. politics , a political party formed in 1887, which drew support from the Greenbackers, farmers' organizations, Knights of Labor, etc. It nominated a candidate for President of the United States in 1888. - Union man. (a) In the United States, in the period of the civil war, an opponent of sece ion and upholder of the federal cause. (b) A member of a trade union.-Union party, a party which favors the formation or preservation of a union; specifically, the Constitutional Union party. See constitutional. Union ace a (uni-o-na'sē-a), n. pl. [NL., Unio ( n- ) + -ace a .] A superfamily of integri palliate isomyarian bivalve mollusks, represented by the family Unionidæ. union ace an (ū"ni-ō-nā sē-an), a. and n. Of or pertaining to the Union ace a. I. a. II. n. A member of the Union ace a . union-bow (u'nyon-bō), n. A bow made of two or three pieces glued together, as distinguished from the single - piece bow or self - bow. Also called IMG:content-1419.png:[blocks in formation] Union inæ (ū"ni-ō-nīnē), n. pl. [NL., I apprehend that the notion which lies at the bottom of Unionism is this: that a man is bound to think not only of himself, but of his fellow-workmen. Jevons, Social Reform, p. 115. 2. Attachment or loyalty to the principle of union, or to some particular union; specifically, attachment or loyalty to the federal union known as the United States of America, and opposition to its rupture, as by the sece ion of the Southern States in 1861-5. Mr. Seward had an abiding faith in the Unionism and latent loyalty of Virginia and the border States. The Century, XXXV. 609. 3. In British politics, the principles or senti ments of the Unionists.