Homogeneous Definition

hōmə-jēnē-əs, -jēnyəs
adjective
The same in structure, quality, etc.; similar or identical.
Webster's New World
Composed of similar or identical elements or parts; uniform.
Webster's New World
Commensurable.
Webster's New World
Having all terms of the same dimensions or degree.
Webster's New World
(chemistry) In the same state of matter.
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Origin of Homogeneous

  • From Medieval Latin homogeneus, from Ancient Greek ὁμογενής (homogenēs, “of the same race, family or kind”), from ὁμός (homos, “same”) + γένος (genos, “kind”). Compare homo- (“same”) and -ous, adjectival suffix.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Medieval Latin homogeneus from Greek homogenēs homo- homo- genos kind heterogeneous

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Homogeneous Sentence Examples

  • The people who finally abandoned the mainland and took their priests with them are the people who made the Venetian republic. But they were not as yet a homogeneous population.

  • The words " Asiatic " and " Oriental " are often used as if they denoted a definite and homogeneous type, but Russians resemble Asiatics in many ways, and Turks, Hindus, Chinese, &c., differ in so many important points that the common substratum is small.

  • In this he showed that a homogeneous fluid mass revolving uniformly round an axis under the action of gravity ought to assume the form of an ellipsoid of revolution.

  • Forms adapted to terrestrial life and to aerial respiration occur in various divisions of Gastropods, and do not constitute a single homogeneous group. Thus the Helicinidae, which are terrestrial, are now placed among the Aspidobranchia.

  • The fundamental substance or stroma is colorless and homogeneous.

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