Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - uniform

 Date: 1956 — a communications code word for the letter u UNIFORM  I. adjective  Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Middle French, from Latin ~is, from uni- + -formis -form  Date: 15th century  1. having always the same form, manner, or degree ; not varying or variable ~ procedures  2. consistent in conduct or opinion ~ interpretation of laws  3. of the same form with others ; conforming to one rule or mode ; consonant  4. presenting an unvaried appearance of surface, pattern, or color ~ red brick houses  5. relating to or being convergence of a series whose terms are functions in such manner that the absolute value of the difference between the sum of the first n terms of the series and the sum of all terms can be made arbitrarily small for all values of the domain of the functions by choosing the nth term sufficiently far along in the series  • ~ly adverb  • ~ness noun  II. transitive verb  Date: circa 1681  1. to bring into ~ity  2. to clothe with a ~  III. noun  Date: 1748 dress of a distinctive design or fashion worn by members of a particular group and serving as a means of identification; broadly distinctive or characteristic clothing