资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Uniformity \U`ni*form"i*ty\, n. [L. uniformitas: cf. F.
   uniformit['e].]
   1. The quality or state of being uniform; freedom from
      variation or difference; resemblance to itself at all
      times; sameness of action, effect, etc., under like
      conditions; even tenor; as, the uniformity of design in a
      poem; the uniformity of nature.

   2. Consistency; sameness; as, the uniformity of a man's
      opinions.

   3. Similitude between the parts of a whole; as, the
      uniformity of sides in a regular figure; beauty is said to
      consist in uniformity with variety.

   4. Continued or unvaried sameness or likeness.

   5. Conformity to a pattern or rule; resemblance, consonance,
      or agreement; as, the uniformity of different churches in
      ceremonies or rites.

   {Act of Uniformity} (Eng. Hist.), an act of Parliament,
      passed in 1661, prescribing the form of public prayers,
      administration of sacraments, and other rites of the
      Established Church of England. Its provisions were
      modified by the ``Act of Uniformity Amendment Act,'' of
      1872.