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heterogeneous

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het⋅er⋅o⋅ge⋅ne⋅ous

  [het-er-uh-jee-nee-uhs, -jeen-yuhs]
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–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.
Origin:
1615–25; < ML heterogeneus < Gk heterogens. See hetero-, gene, -ous

Related forms:
het⋅er⋅o⋅ge⋅ne⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
het⋅er⋅o⋅ge⋅ne⋅ous⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
2. varied, diverse.

Antonyms:
2. homogeneous.
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het·er·o·ge·ne·ous   (hět'ər-ə-jē'nē-əs, -jēn'yəs)   
adj.  

  1. also het·er·og·e·nous (hět'ə-rŏj'ə-nəs) Consisting of dissimilar elements or parts; not homogeneous. See Synonyms at miscellaneous.

  2. Completely different; incongruous.


[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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Word Origin & History

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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: het·ero·ge·neous
Pronunciation: "het-&-r&-'jE-nE-&s, "he-tr&-, -ny&s
Function: adjective
: not uniformin structure or composition heterogeneous composition by reason of structure and presence of necrosis —Year Book of Endocrinology> heterogeneous, containing wavelengths over a large range —Medical Physics> —het·ero·ge·neous·ly adverb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

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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Computing Dictionary

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
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