unideal 
Unideal works of art (the studious production of which 
is termed realism) represent actual existing things, and 
are good or bad in proportion to the perfection of the rep- 
resentation. Huskin, Modern Painters, iii. 13, 2. 
2. Havinguoideas; destitute of ideas, thoughts, 
or mental action. Johnson. [Rare.] 
imidealism (un-i-de'al-izm), B. [< unideal + 
-ism.] The quality or state of being uuideal; 
realism ; lack of imagination ; prosaicism. 
His popularity is an emphatic testimony to the singular 
unidealimi l had almost written the congenital Imbe- 
cilityof the English mind in respect of eternal and di- 
vine tilings. Fortnightly Jtec., N. 8., XLIII. SO. 
unidentate (u-ni-den'tat), . [< L. units, one, 
+ dentatus, toothed: see dentate.'] In bot. and 
zoot., having a single tooth or tooth-like projec- 
tion. 
unidenticulate (u"ui-den-tik'u-lat), a. [< L. 
unus, one, + NL. denticulus, denticle, + -ate 1 .] 
In hot. and sool., having but one denticle. 
Trans. Boy. Soc. of Edin., XXXII. 637. 
unidigitate (u-ni-dij'i-tat), a. [< L. unus, one, 
+ digitatus, fingered : see digitate.] Having but 
one finger or toe; monodactylous. 
unidiinensional(u"ni-di-men / shon-al),rt. Hav- 
ingonly one dimension; varying in only one way. 
unidirectional (u"ni-di-rek'shon-al), a. [< L. 
untis, one, + directio(n-), direction, + -al.~\ In 
elect., noting currents which flow in the same 
direction round a circuit. 
uniembryonic (u-ni-em-bri-on'ik), a. In bot., 
having a single embryo. 
unifacial (u-ni-fa'shal), a. [< L. tmus, one, + 
fades, a face, + -al'.] Having only one face, 
front, or aspect ; all facing the same way, as the 
polypites of some corals; unifarious; secund. 
See cut under sea-kidney. 
Unifarious (u-ni-fa'ri-us), a. [< L. uttus, one, 
+ -farius as in bifariits, etc. : see bifarious, mul- 
tifarious.] Set in one rank, row, or series; uni- 
serial ; not bifarious or multifarious. 
unifiable (u'ni-fi-a-bl), . [< unify + -able.] 
Capable of being unified or made one. /S. Lanier, 
The English Novel, p. 147. 
unific (u-nif'ik), a. [< L. unus, one, + -fiats, < 
facere, make. Cf. unify.] Making one ; form- 
ing unity; unifying. 
unification (u"ni-fi-ka'shpn), . [= F. unifi- 
cation = Sp. unification; <. ML. *unificatio(n-), 
< unificare, make one: see unify.] The act of 
unifying, or the state of being unified ; the act 
of uniting into one. 
The view of reason here taken is opposed to all such 
views as would make it consist in the logical principle of 
unity, a principle compelling us to unify all our concep- 
tions, leading, with Kant, up to the three Ideas of the 
Pure Reason, God, the World, and the Soul. This unifi- 
cation is sufficiently provided for by the principle of Par- 
simony, and the facts on which it rests. 
S. II. Hodgson. Time and Space, 64. 
unifier (u'ni-fi-er), ii. [< unify + -er 1 .] One 
who or that which unifies. 
That History of Culture itself, which is the great unifier 
and justifler and purifier of all our teaching. 
W. K. CK/ord, Lectures, II. 29-2. 
Unifilar (u-m'-fl'lar), a. and H. [X L. units, one, 
filum, a thread, + -ni-2.] I. a. Having only 
one thread: specifically applied to a magne- 
tometer consisting of a magnetic bar suspended 
by a single thread. See magnetometer. 
II. n. A iinifilar magnetometer. 
uniflagellate (u-ui-flaj'e-lat), a. [< L. unus, 
one, + NL.flagettum + -ate 1 .] Having a single 
flagellum; monomastigate, as an infusorian. 
W. B. Carpenter, Micros., xi. $419. 
uniflorous (u-ni-flo'rus), a. [< L. unus, one, + 
flos (flor-), a flower, + -ous.] In bot., bearing 
one flower only : as, a uniflorous peduncle. 
unifpil (u'ni-foil), a. and n. [< L. unus, one, 
+ folium, a leaf: see foil 1 .] I. a. In her., hav- 
ing but one leaf : noting a plant used as a bear- 
ing. 
II. . In her., a leaf used as a bearing ; espe- 
cially, a leaf represented as having been a du- 
foil, one leaf being torn away. 
unifoliar (u-ni-fo'li-ar), a. Same as imifoliate. 
unifoliate (u-ni-fo'li-at), a. [< L. unus, one, + 
folium, a leaf: see foliate.] 1. In bot., one- 
leafed; unifoliar. 2. Same as unifoliolale. 
unifoliolate (u-ni-f 6'li-o-lat), a. [< L. unus, one, 
+ JfL.foliolum, a leaflet: seefoliolate.] Com- 
pound in structure, yet having but one leaflet, 
as the orange-tree. 
unifolium 1 (u-ni-fo'li-um), n. ; pi. unifolia (-a). 
[NL., < L. unus, one, + folium, leaf.] A quartic 
oval having a single depression. 
Unifolium 2 (u-ni-fo'li-um), . [NL. (Adanson, 
1763), so named because the original species, 
V. bifolium, was seemingly one-leafed ; ML. 
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unifolium, < L. units, one, + folium, leaf.] A 
former genus of plants, of the order Liliaeeee, 
including Sinilacina and Maiaiitlicinuni. 
uniforate (u-ni-fo'rat), a. [< L. units, one, + 
fomtits, pp. of forare, bore, pierce: see fora- 
men.] Having one opening, pore, or foramen. 
Uniform (u'ni-form). a. and n. [I. a. F. uniforme 
= Sp. Pg. It. uniforme, < L. miijormix, having 
only one shape or form, < unus, one, + forma, 
form, shape. Cf. biform, triform, multiform. II. 
. = D. G. Sw. Da'n. uniform, < F. uniforme = 
Sp. Pg. It. uniforme, uniform dress; from the 
adj.] I. a. 1. Having always the same form; 
not changing in shape, appearance, character, 
etc. ; in general, not variable ; unchanging. 
All human bodies, for example, though each of them 
consists of almost an infinite number of parts, are per- 
fectly uniform in their structure and functions. 
Beattie, Moral Science, ii. 1. 
The experience has been uniform that it is the gentle 
soul that makes the firm hero after all. 
Emerson, Harvard Commemoration. 
(a) Not varying in degree or rate ; equable; invariable: 
as, a uniform heat ; a uniform motion (that is, the mo- 
tion of a body when it passes over equal spaces in equal 
times). 
They [temperature observations! appear to go far to es- 
tablish a nearly uniform temperature for abyssal depths, 
not far from the freezing-point of fresh water. 
C. Wyville Thomson, Depths of the Sea, p. 359. 
(b) Having only one character throughout; homogeneous. 
Sometimes there are many parts of a law, and some- 
times it is uniform, and hath in it but one duty. 
Jer. Taylor, Rule of Conscience, iii. 6. 
(c) Consistent at all times ; not different. 
If the Creator is perfect, his action must be uniform; 
anything else would be unworthy of him. 
Dawson, Nature and the Bible, p. 31. 
(d) Not different at different times or places : applicable 
to all places, or to all divisions of a country : as, a uniform 
tax ; a uniform bankruptcy law. (e) Of the same appear- 
ance, pattern, or style. 
The practice of clothing soldiers by regiments in one 
uniform dress was not introduced by Louis XIV. till 1805, 
and did not become general in our army for many years 
afterward. Harper's Mag., LXXX. 333. 
2. Of the same f orm or character with others ; 
agreeing with each other ; conforming to one 
rule or mode. 
The only doubt is about the manner of their unity, how 
far churches are bound to be uniform in their ceremonies. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity. 
Uniform acceleration. See acceleration (It). Uniform 
current, a continuous current of constant strength. 
Uniform extension, field, function, sandpipert, 
symmetry, etc. See the nouns. Uniform strain. 
Same as homogeneous strain (which see, under strain!). 
= Syn, Unvarying, unchanging, alike, regular, constant, 
undeviating, consistent. 
II. . A dress of the same kind, fabrics, 
fashion, or general appearance as others worn 
by the members of the same body, whether 
military, naval, or any other, by which the 
members may be recognized as belonging to 
the particular body : opposed to plain clothes, 
or ordinary civil dress: as, the uniform of a 
soldier, a sailor, or a policeman. 
The uniforms in the army were plain and serviceable ; 
the most picturesque being that of the Grenadiers, who, 
Evelyn says, were first introduced in 1678. 
Aihton, Social Life in Reign of Queen Anne, II. 202. 
The proposed uniform, sir, of the Pickwick Club. 
Dickens. 
uniform (u'ni-form), *'.. [< uniform, a.] 1. To 
make uniform ; reduce to uniformity. Sir P. 
/Sidney. 
The more than Protean travesties which words under- 
went before they were uniformed by Johnson and Walker. 
Lowell, Study Windows, p. 351. 
2. To clothe with or as if with a uniform. 
This was the first flag bearing the state arms, and was 
carried by the first uniformed company of militia in the 
State [Michigan]. Preble, Hist. Flag, p. 642. 
uniformalt (u-ni-f 6r'mal),. [< uniform + -al.] 
Uniform ; symmetrical. 
Her comlye nose with uniformall grace, 
Like purest white, stands in the middle place. 
Herrick, Appendix, p. 433. 
uniformitarian (u-ni-for-mi-ta'ri-an), a. and n. 
[< uniformit-y + -tirian.] I. n. Of or pertain- 
ing to uniformity or the doctrine of uniformity. 
See the noun. 
The catastrophist and the uniformitarian opinions. 
Whemll, Hist, of Scientific Ideas, II. 289. 
The uniformitarian theories of Sir Charles Lyell were 
regarded as heresies by many. 
Westminster See., CXXVI. 544. 
II. . One who upholds a system or doctrine 
of uniformity; specifically, in neol., one who 
advocates the theory that causes now active in 
bringing about geological changes have always 
been similar in character and intensity, or, 
unify 
in other words, that there has been no essen- 
tial change in the character of geological events 
during the lapse of the geological ages: the 
opposite of catastrophist. 
The Catastrophist constructs Theories, the Uniformi- 
tarian demolishes them. The former adduces evidence 
of an Origin, the latter explains the evidence away. 
Wln'irell, Philos. of Inductive Sciences, I., p. xxxvi. 
uniformitarianism (u-ni-f 6r-mi-ta'ri-an-izm), 
ii. [< uniformitarian + -ism.] The theory ad- 
vocated by uuiformitarians : the opposite of 
catastrojihisni. See catastrophe, 3, and catastro- 
jiliisin. 
The changes of the past must be investigated in the light 
of similar changes now in operation. This was the guid- 
ing principle of the Scottish School, . . . though under 
the name of Uniforinitariamiit it has unquestionably 
been pushed to an unwarrantable length by some of the 
later followers of Button. Geikie, Geol. Sketches, p. 293. 
uniformity (u-ni-for'mi-ti), . [= F. unifor- 
mite = Sp. uniformidad" = Pg. uniformidade = 
It. uniformita, < LL. uniformita(t-)s, uniformity, 
< L. un ifor m is, uniform: see uniform.] The 
state or character of being uniform, in any 
sense ; absence of variation or difference, (a) 
Maintenance of the same character, course, plan, laws, 
etc. ; sameness ; consistency. 
There is no uniformity in the design of Spenser ; he 
aims at the accomplishment of no one action. Dryden. 
Queen Elizabeth was remarkable for that steadiness 
and uniformity which ran through all her actions. 
Addison. 
How far away is the doctrine of uniformity [in nature] 
from fatalism ! It logins directly to remind us that men 
suffer from preventible evils, that the people perisheth 
for lack of knowledge. W. K. Cliford, Lect., II. 263. 
We see that only as fast as the practice of the arts de- 
velops the idea of measure can the consciousness of uni- 
formity become clear. 
H. Spencer, Prin. of Psychol. (2d ed.), 488. 
(6) Conformity among several or many to one pattern, 
plan, rule, etc. ; resemblance, consonance, or agreement : 
as, the uniformity of different churches in ceremonies or 
rites. 
Bouses are built to live in, and not to look on ; there- 
fore let use be preferred before uniformity, except where 
both may be had. Bacon, Building. 
Such Is the uniformity of almost ul the houses of the 
same streete . . . that they are made alike both in pro- 
portion of workmanship and matter. 
Coi-yat, Crudities, I. 30. 
The skilful campaign by wliich the triumph of the 
Reformation and of uniformity was secured. 
It. W. LHxon, Hist. Church of Eng., xv. 
(c) Continued or unvaried sameness or likeness; mo- 
notony. 
Uniformity must tire at last, though it is a uniformity 
of excellence. Johnson. 
Acts of Uniformity. See act. 
uniformize (u'ni-form-iz), r. t. ; pret. and pp. 
uniformized, ppr. uniformizinq . [< uniform + 
-iie.] To make uniform ; unify. [Rare.] 
The other Congress expressed a similar wish for the 
formation of ... an International Commission to fix 
units and uniformize methods. Nature, XL. 563. 
uniformly (u'ni-form-li), adv. In a uniform 
manner; with uniformity; evenly; invariably. 
In a light drab he uniformly dress'd. 
Crabbe, Tales (Works, IV. 135). 
No assigned nor any conceivable attribute of the sup- 
posed archetypal vertebra is uniformly maintained. 
H. Spencer, Prin. of Biol. (Am. ed. 1872), 210. 
When the simultaneous values of a quantity for differ- 
ent bodies or places are equal, the quantity is said to be 
uniformly distributed in space. 
Clerk Maxwell, Matter and Motion, xxiii., foot-note. 
Uniformly accelerated motion. See acceleration (b). 
Uniformly retarded motion. See retard. 
uniformness (u'm-fdrm-nes), n. The state or 
character of being uniform ; uniformity. Ber- 
keley. 
unifoveate (u-ni-fo've-at), a. [< L. unus, one, 
+ fovea, a small pit : see foi'eate.] In en torn., 
having a single fovea. 
unify (u'ni-fi), r.; pret. and pp. unified, ppr. uni- 
fying. [< F. unifier = Sp. uniftear = It. unifi- 
care, < ML. unificare, make one, < L. wins, one, 
+ facere, make: see -fy. Ct. unific.] I. trans. 
To form into one; make a unit of; reduce to 
unity or uniformity. 
Perception is thus a unifying act Sir W. Hamilton, 
Unless we succeed in finding a rationale of this univer- 
sal metamorphosis, we obviously fall short of that com- 
pletely unified knowledge constituting philosophy. 
H. Spencer, First Principles, p. 397. 
II. int raiis. To produce unity or uniformity. 
These Homeridse were not the only authors of epic 
poems, but they had the great advantage over other epic 
bards that they were a genos, and that they worked con- 
tinuously from generation to generation on the same 
poems, adding and unifyiny, and so they produced the 
epics which have outlived all others. 
Clatsical Jtev., II. 256. 
