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uniform

/ˈjunɪˌfɔɹm/ noun A2
  1. A distinctive outfit that serves to identify members of a group, company, prison inmates, etc. · F. W. Robertson There are many things which a soldier will do in his plain clothes which he scorns to do in his uniform.
  2. A uniformed police officer (as opposed to a detective).
  3. In OpenGL, a global shader variable whose value does not change between rendering calls, serving as a parameter.

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A gendarme is one of the most striking objects in the world, even to a man void of uneasiness; but for one who has a timid conscience, and with good cause too, the yellow, blue, and white uniform is really very alarming.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 981 · C1
Not only was the first gendarme still there, but the young man now perceived a second yellow, blue, and white uniform at the foot of the staircase, the only one by which he could descend, while a third, on horseback, holding a musket in his fist, was posted as a sentinel at the great street-door which alone afforded the means of egress.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 981 · C1
There was a soldier before the door, dressed in a green uniform and wearing a long green beard.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 64 · B2
On another occasion an old white-haired gentleman had an interview with my companion; and on another a railway porter in his velveteen uniform.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 16 · B2

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