uniformity

noun
/ˌjuːnɪˈfɔːmɪti/UK/ˌjunɪˈfɔɹməti/US

Etymology

From Late Middle English uniformite, uniformitie (“conformity or equality among several parts; similar degree”), borrowed from Old French uniformité (“uniformity”) (modern French uniformité), or from its etymon Late Latin ūniformitās, from Latin ūnifōrmis (“having only one form or shape, uniform”) + -itās (a variant of -tās (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns indicating a state of being)). Ūnifōrmis is derived from ūni- (prefix meaning ‘one’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos (“one”)) + -fōrmis (suffix meaning having the form of) (from fōrma (“appearance, form, shape”); further etymology unknown). By surface analysis, uniform + -ity.

  1. derived from *h₁óynos — “one
  2. derived from ūnifōrmis — “having only one form or shape, uniform
  3. derived from ūniformitās
  4. derived from uniformité — “uniformity
  5. inherited from uniformite

Definitions

  1. The quality or state of being uniform.

    • The buildings are all of brick, of a goodly heigth, and an excellent vniformity in moſt of the ſtreets, the toppes riſing vvith battlements.
    • Houſes are built to Liue in, and not to Looke on: Therefore let Vſe bee preferred before Vniformitie; Except vvhere both may be had.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at uniformity. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at uniformity. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at uniformity

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA