semiuniform

1. not comparableSomewhat uniform; partially uniform.

   If the proportions of EX-245, solvent, and polybutene are correct, after twenty-four hours, a highly gelled, semiuniform mass is obtained. In some instances, peculiar to the proportions present, some supernatant liquid will be present.

   1974, The Chemical Formulary: A Condensed Collection of Valuable, Timely, Practical Formulae for Making Thousands of Products in All Fields of Industry, volume 18, D. Van Nostrand, page 53

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   Water up to the optimum content was applied during this work. Alter a semiuniform distribution of the lime had been obtained the section was smoothed to approximate grade and sealed with rubber-tire rolling for protection against weather during the hydration period. The length of this period was determined by the type of soil involved. For as complete as possible pulverization in the clay, two to three days appeared needed.

   1962, Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association, volume 61, page 589

   Charcoal can be formed into pellets or briquettes. Organic material is ground to a semi-uniform consistency, is dried and then passes through retorts, where temperatures range from 300°-700°. Heat is produced by bunker fuel or charcoal pellets.

   2000, Panel World: Veneer, Plywood, Composites, volume 41, page 105

   Synonyms: quasiuniform, quasi-uniform

plural semiuniforms

1. An outfit that is somewhat uniform-like but is not wholly a true uniform.

   […] 50 or more boys, who meet weekly for military drill. The boys wear a semi-uniform, and are provided with dummy rifles. In 1924 the total strength in the United Kingdom was 1,329 companies, with 67,552 members. There is now a junior organization for boys from 9 to 13—the Boy Reserves.

   1926, Sheffield Diocesan Calendar, Clergy List, and Churchman's Handbook, page 313

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   Vain and easily susceptible to flattery, he is by no means averse to publicity, and is, or at any rate was, far more accessible to foreign journalists than his more famous colleague. To-day he has imitated Kerensky's fashion of appearing at Red Army concerts or parades in a semiuniform of khaki, and even his own friends have taunted him with Napoleonic designs."

   1919 May 10, “Trotzky, the fire-eater, and Lenine, the icy intellectual force of Bolshevism”, in The Literary Digest, volume 61, number 6 (1516), page 90

   Bonn institutions assist the diversionist center, for example, in security matters. Even those gentlemen in semiuniforms who spend their days with holstered pistols as guards at the "Free Europe" station have been recommended to the CIA by Bonn authorities. They are all "reliable" citizens of the FRG who spy on the Polish, Czech, and other foreign collaborators of the transmitter under direct orders from the Americans.

   1971, Daily Report: Eastern Europe, page G-10

   Synonyms: quasi-uniform