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Regulation \Reg`u*la"tion\ (-l?"sh?n), n.
1. The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.
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The temper and regulation of our own minds.
--Macaulay.
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2. A rule or order prescribed for management or government;
prescription; a regulating principle; a governing
direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society
or a school.
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{Regulation sword}, {cap}, {uniform}, etc. (Mil.), a sword,
cap, uniform, etc., of the kind or quality prescribed by
the official regulations.
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Syn: {Law}; rule; method; principle; order; precept. See
{Law}.
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Uniform \U"ni*form\, n. [F. uniforme. See {Uniform}, a.]
A dress of a particular style or fashion worn by persons in
the same service or order by means of which they have a
distinctive appearance; as, the uniform of the artillery, of
the police, of the Freemasons, etc.
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There are many things which, a soldier will do in his
plain clothes which he scorns to do in his uniform.
--F. W.
Robertson.
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{In full uniform} (Mil.), wearing the whole of the prescribed
uniform, with ornaments, badges of rank, sash, side arms,
etc.

{Uniform sword}, an officer's sword of the regulation pattern
prescribed for the army or navy.
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Uniform \U"ni*form\, a. [L. uniformis; unus one forma from:
cf. F. uniforme.]
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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.
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2. Of the same form with others; agreeing with each other;
conforming to one rule or mode; consonant.
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The only doubt is . . . how far churches are bound
to be uniform in their ceremonies. --Hooker.
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{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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Uniform \U"ni*form\, v. t.
1. To clothe with a uniform; as, to uniform a company of
soldiers.
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2. To make conformable. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney.
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