About The Word Heterogeneous
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Heterogeneous
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What's The Definition Of Heterogeneous?
[adj] originating outside the body
[adj] consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature; "the population of the United States is vast and heterogeneous" Synonyms | Synonyms for Heterogeneous: assorted | disparate | heterogenous | inhomogeneous | miscellaneous | mixed | motley | nonuniform | sundry(a) Related Terms | Find terms related to Heterogeneous: amalgamated | ambiguous | ambivalent | amphibious | assorted | at odds | at variance | blended | combined | complex | composite | compound | compounded | conglomerate | contrary | contrasted | contrasting | dappled | departing | deviating | deviative | different | differentiated | differing | disaccordant | disagreeing | discordant | discrepant | discrete | discriminated | disjoined | disparate | dissimilar | dissonant | distinct | distinguished | divergent | diverging | divers | diverse | diversified | eclectic | equivocal | fifty-fifty | half-and-half | in disagreement | inaccordant | incompatible | incongruous | inconsistent | inconsonant | indiscriminate | inharmonious | intricate | ironic | irreconcilable | jumbled | many | many and various | many-sided | medley | mingled | miscellaneous | mixed | motley | multifaceted | multifarious | multinational | multiracial | of all sorts | patchy | pluralistic | poles apart | poles asunder | promiscuous | scrambled | separate | separated | several | sundry | syncretic | thrown together | unconformable | unequal | unlike | variant | varied | variegated | various | varying | widely apart | worlds apart See Also | different | diversified | varied Heterogeneous In Webster's Dictionary \Het`er*o*ge"ne*ous\, a. [Gr. ?; ? + ? race, kind;
akin to E. kin: cf. F. h['e]t['e]rog[`e]ne.]
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 h[ae]c
loca, both masculine and neuter in the plural; hoc
c[ae]lum, neuter in the singular; hi c[ae]li, 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.
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