Baseball Definition–noun | 1. | a game of ball between two nine-player teams played usually for nine innings on a field that has as a focal point a diamond-shaped infield with a home plate and three other bases, 90 ft. (27 m) apart, forming a circuit that must be completed by a base runner in order to score, the central offensive action entailing hitting of a pitched ball with a wooden or metal bat and running of the bases, the winner being the team scoring the most runs. | | 2. | the ball used in this game, being a sphere approximately 3 in. (7 cm) in diameter with a twine-covered center of cork covered by stitched horsehide. | <
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From Dictionary Uniform Definition–adjective | 1. | identical or consistent, as from example to example, place to place, or moment to moment: uniform spelling; a uniform building code. | | 2. | without variations in detail: uniform output; a uniform surface. | | 3. | constant; unvarying; undeviating: uniform kindness; uniform velocity. | | 4. | constituting part of a uniform: to be issued uniform shoes. | | 5. | Mathematics. occurring in a manner independent of some variable, parameter, function, etc.: a uniform bound. | –noun | 6. | an identifying outfit or style of dress worn by the members of a given profession, organization, or rank. | | 7. | a word used in communications to represent the letter U. | –verb (used with object) | 8. | to make uniform or standard. | | 9. | to clothe in or furnish with a uniform. | |
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