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uniformize

Syllables: uni·form·ize/ˈjuːnɪfɔːˌmaɪz/US/ˈjunɪfɔɹˌmaɪz/

uniformize verb: to make uniform; to make the same throughout.

Verb

uniformize (third-person singular simple present uniformizes, present participle uniformizing, simple past and past participle uniformized)

  1. (transitive) To make uniform; to make the same throughout.
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  2. To carry out a process of uniformization, by which a multiple-valued function on a Riemann surface is converted to a single-valued function.
    • It is clear that these functions are also the only ones to be uniformized by the simple mapping of the Riemann surface, for of course any function that is single-valued in t must have been, before the mapping, a single-valued function on the Riemann surface.2000, Ludwig Bieberbach, Conformal Mapping, →ISBN, page 198

Forms of uniformize

third-person singular presentuniformizes
present participleuniformizing
past participleuniformized
pastuniformized
alternative formuniformise

Origin of uniformize

From uniform + -ize.

Words formed from uniformize

Questions about uniformize

What does uniformize mean?
Uniformize means to make uniform; to make the same throughout.
What part of speech is uniformize?
Uniformize is a verb.
How do you pronounce uniformize?
Uniformize is pronounced /ˈjunɪfɔɹˌmaɪz/ (US).
What is the past tense of uniformize?
The past tense of uniformize is uniformized.

Words near uniformize in the dictionary

  1. uniformities
  2. uniformity
  3. uniformizable
  4. uniformization
  5. uniformizations
  6. uniformize
  7. uniformized
  8. uniformizer
  9. uniformizers
  10. uniformizes
  11. uniformizing

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