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heterogeneous Definition

hetero·geneous (het′ər ə′jē′nē əs)

adjective

  1. differing or opposite in structure, quality, etc.; dissimilar; incongruous; foreign
  2. composed of unrelated or unlike elements or parts; varied; miscellaneous

Etymology: ML heterogeneus < Gr heterogenēs < hetero-, other, hetero- + genos, a race, kind: see genus

heterogeneous Related Forms

het′ero′·gene′ity (--jə nē′ə tē) noun pl. -·ties het′ero′·ge′neous·ly adverb het′ero′·ge′neous·ness noun

heterogeneous Synonyms

heterogeneous

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miscellaneous, variant, varied, nonhomogeneous, mingled, discordant, dissimilar, conglomerate, confused, inharmonious, eclectic, unrelated, variegated, amalgamate, diversified, multiplex, unallied, motley, unmatched, independent, mosaic, mongrel, incompatible, composite, jumbled, assorted, odd, job-lot*, mixy*; see also complex 1, different 1, 2, mixed 1, unlike, various.

heterogeneous Usage Examples

Preposition: with

respect: On the other side of the market, firms also are heterogeneous with respect to their marginal productivity of labor.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: At higher levels in the walls ' B ' becomes more heterogeneous, suggesting some re-use of material.
  • remain: The Reactionary Nature of Imperialism The world, however, still remains very heterogeneous.

Modifies a noun

  • catalysis: One of the key technologies which is helping to achieve these goals is heterogeneous catalysis.
  • nucleation: One way to avoid freezing is to discourage heterogeneous nucleation.
  • catalyst: Work has also started to study the use of heterogeneous catalysts to which the OFM reactor should be ideally suited.
  • aggregate: Unit 4246 was classified as fill, type 4.5, and comprises loose heterogeneous aggregates.
  • repository: The project developed a software toolkit to mediate the discovery of deep resources in distributed and heterogeneous repositories.
  • metadata: This hampered our ability to analyze how users deal with large result sets from heterogeneous metadata.

Modifying Another Word

  • ethnically: Nonetheless, the population is, in fact, ethnically heterogeneous.
  • clinically: Two clinically heterogeneous trials are included, therefore a metaanalysis was considered inappropriate.
  • genetically: It is a genetically heterogeneous condition which shows both recessive and dominant modes of inheritance.
  • extremely: It seems clear that febrile convulsions make up an extremely heterogeneous group for which there is no single mode of inheritance.
  • highly: Most web sites, on the other hand, are highly heterogeneous in many respects.
  • increasingly: However, achieving these objectives for all students was complicated by the increasingly heterogeneous nature of the intake to the apprenticeship program.

Preposition: in

  • response: Cancer is far more heterogeneous in response to various individual drugs than are bacterial infections.
  • nature: Insulin receptors may be heterogeneous in nature with differences occurring in their affinity and capacity for binding insulin molecules.
  • term: Service characterisation and classification The services were homogeneous in terms of 'home treatment function ' but fairly heterogeneous in terms of other components.