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subuniform

subuniform adjective: approximately uniform; not quite even.

Adjective

subuniform (not comparable)

  1. Approximately uniform; not quite even.
    • […] shell-joints more or less subuniform in length (save ultimate one), and gradually increased a little in diameter from apical to apertural end, […]1944, Bruce Lawrence Clark, Miocene Radiolarian Faunas from Southern California, page 53
    • If all crystallization centers are evenly spaced, the resulting microcrystals will form equant, polyhedral blocks of subuniform size such as those observed with the electron microscope.1982, Geological Survey Professional Paper, number 1173, page 374

Origin of subuniform

From sub- + uniform.

Questions about subuniform

What does subuniform mean?
Subuniform means approximately uniform; not quite even.
What part of speech is subuniform?
Subuniform is an adjective.

Words near subuniform in the dictionary

  1. subunguinal
  2. subunguis
  3. subungulate
  4. subungulates
  5. subunguligrade
  6. subuniform
  7. subunit
  8. subunitary
  9. subunits
  10. subunity
  11. subuniversal

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