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het·er·o·ge·ne·ous 
[het-er-uh-jee-nee-uhs, -jeen-yuhs] Pronunciation Key
[het-er-uh-jee-nee-uhs, -jeen-yuhs] Pronunciation Key –adjective
| 1. | different in kind; unlike; incongruous. |
| 2. | composed of parts of different kinds; having widely dissimilar elements or constituents: The party was attended by a heterogeneous group of artists, politicians, and social climbers. |
| 3. | Chemistry. (of a mixture) composed of different substances or the same substance in different phases, as solid ice and liquid water. |
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| het·er·o·ge·ne·ous
(hět'ər-ə-jē'nē-əs, -jēn'yəs) Pronunciation Key
adj.
[From Medieval Latin heterogeneus, from Greek heterogenēs : hetero-, hetero- + genos, kind, race; see genə- in Indo-European roots.] het'er·o·ge'ne·ous·ly adv., het'er·o·ge'ne·ous·ness n. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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heterogeneous
1624, from Gk. heterogenes, from heteros "different" + genos "kind, gender, race stock" (see genus).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| heterogeneous | |
adjective | |
| 1. | consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature; "the population of the United States is vast and heterogeneous" [ant: homogeneous] |
| 2. | originating outside the body [syn: heterogenous] [ant: autogenic] |
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
heterogeneous het·er·o·ge·ne·ous (hět'ər-ə-jē'nē-əs, -jēn'yəs)
adj.
Composed of parts having dissimilar characteristics or properties.
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Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This
heterogeneous
Composed of unrelated parts, different in kind.
Often used in the context of distributed systems that may be running different operating systems or network protocols (a heterogeneous network).
For examples see: interoperable database, middleware.
Constrast homogeneous.
(1999-05-06)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Heterogeneous
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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