heterogenous, heterogeneous
(adjective) originating outside the body
heterogeneous, heterogenous
(adjective) consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature; “the population of the United States is vast and heterogeneous”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
heterogeneous (comparative more heterogeneous, superlative most heterogeneous)
Diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts.
(mathematics) Incommensurable because of different kinds.
(physics, chemistry) Having more than one phase (solid, liquid, gas) present in a system or process.
(chemistry) Visibly consisting of different components.
(computing) Of a network comprising different types of computers, potentially with vastly differing memory sizes, processing power and even basic underlying architecture; alternatively, of a data resource with multiple types of formats.
• (composed of diverse parts): diverse, manifold; See also heterogeneous
• homogeneous
Source: Wiktionary
Het`er*o*ge"ne*ous, a. Etym: [Gr. kin: cf. F. hétérogène.]
Definition: Differing in kind; having unlike qualities; possessed of different characteristics; dissimilar; -- opposed to homogeneous, and said of two or more connected objects, or of a conglomerate mass, considered in respect to the parts of which it is made up.
– Het`er*o*ge"ne*ous*ly, adv.
– Het`er*o*ge"ne*ous*ness, n. Heterogeneous nouns (Gram.), nouns having different genders in the singular and plural numbers; as, hic locus, of the masculine gender in the singular, and hi loci and hæc loca, both masculine and neuter in the plural; hoc cælum, neuter in the singular; hi cæli, masculine in the plural.
– Heterogeneous quantities (Math.), such quantities as are incapable of being compared together in respect to magnitude, and surfaces and solids.
– Heterogeneous surds (Math.), surds having different radical signs.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 June 2025
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
