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Uniform motion

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 motion".

Newtons first law of motion is the law of inertia, stating that every body remains in a state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line unless impressed forces change it.

To picture a mass as being in a state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, as the result of no force acting on it, and to picture it undergoing a change in the rate and direction of its motion as the result of some outer force working on it, is a sheer abstraction.

The uniform motion of falling matter meant there was no interaction between particles.

Bodies not acted upon by a force of any kind will continue to exist in a state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line—.

If, on the other hand, we assume that the motion of the twins is Galilean and that they are therefore travelling with uniform motion relative to each other, then each twin will find that his brother is younger than himself!

All these particles move faster than light within their inertial system (this means a system in which there are no forces to overcome inertia, but in which a body remains in a state of rest or in uniform motion).

These, though answering very well where cylinders of equal diameter had to be bored, and a uniform motion was all that was required, were found very inefficient where a Plane surface had to be turned.

Two swung out opposite, and back, and two near balls again, and on, until again the swings diminished into uniform motion.

Besides, he showed that in a system of reference if the whole frame of reference moves uniformly then no measurement within the system can give you the proof of the uniform motion.

Of course many claim that if planets move with varying speeds, then the heavens do not move in a uniform motion, as we know they must.

By the circle implying the uniform motion of the first Orb, and by the right lines, the planetical and various motions within it.

A body removed sufficiently far from other bodies continues in a state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line.