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heterogeneity

[ het-uh-roh-juh-nee-i-tee ]

noun

  1. the quality or state of being heterogeneous; composition from dissimilar parts; disparateness.


heterogeneity

  1. Cultural, social, biological, or other differences within a group. ( Compare homogeneity .)


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Word History and Origins

Origin of heterogeneity1

From the Medieval Latin word heterogeneitās, dating back to 1635–45. See heterogeneous, -ity

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Example Sentences

Especially in the United States,” he added, “where you have such heterogeneity.

This theory is no original idea, it is Mr. McLennan's mode of accounting for the heterogeneity of the local group.

It cannot be repeated too often that it is not sameness of function, but heterogeneity of function, that unity requires.

The trait to which we allude we shall call (for want of a better term) the tenurial heterogeneity of the burgesses.

But this tenurial heterogeneity seems to be an attribute of all or nearly all the very ancient boroughs, the county towns.

That tenurial heterogeneity of which we have been speaking had another important effect.

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