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Uniform matter

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Uniform \U"ni*form\, a. [L. uniformis; unus one + forma from:
   cf. F. uniforme.]
   1. Having always the same form, manner, or degree; not
      varying or variable; unchanging; consistent; equable;
      homogenous; as, the dress of the Asiatics has been uniform
      from early ages; the temperature is uniform; a stratum of
      uniform clay. --Whewell.

   2. Of the same form with others; agreeing with each other;
      conforming to one rule or mode; consonant.

            The only doubt is . . . how far churches are bound
            to be uniform in their ceremonies.    --Hooker.

   {Uniform matter}, that which is all of the same kind and
      texture; homogenous matter.

   {Uniform motion}, the motion of a body when it passes over
      equal spaces in equal times; equable motion. --Hutton.
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