subuniform

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

sub- +‎ uniform

Adjective[edit]

subuniform (not comparable)

  1. Approximately uniform; not quite even.
    • 1944, Bruce Lawrence Clark, Miocene Radiolarian Faunas from Southern California, page 53:
      [] shell-joints more or less subuniform in length (save ultimate one), and gradually increased a little in diameter from apical to apertural end, []
    • 1982, Geological Survey Professional Paper, number 1173, page 374:
      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.