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heterogeneousness

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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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