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Uniform matter

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.

Usage examples of "uniform matter".

They are clouds of gas or tiny particles, or lumps of uniform matter like crystals, with almost endlessly repeated atomic patterns.

The particles of mist, representing the uniform matter distribution, began to drift toward the strings.