HETEROGENEOUS

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

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Etymology

Adjective

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.

Synonyms

• (composed of diverse parts): diverse, manifold; See also heterogeneous

Antonyms

• homogeneous

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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