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ho⋅mog⋅e⋅nize

  [huh-moj-uh-nahyz, hoh-] verb, -nized, -niz⋅ing.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
2. to prepare an emulsion, as by reducing the size of the fat globules in (milk or cream) in order to distribute them equally throughout.
3. to make uniform or similar, as in composition or function: to homogenize school systems.
4. Metallurgy. to subject (metal) to high temperature to ensure uniform diffusion of components.
–verb (used without object)
5. to become homogenized.
Also, especially British, ho⋅mog⋅e⋅nise.

Origin:
1885–90; homogen(eous) + -ize

Related forms:
ho⋅mog⋅e⋅ni⋅za⋅tion, noun
ho⋅mog⋅e⋅niz⋅er, noun
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ho·mog·e·nize
Variant: also British ho·mog·e·nise /hO-'mäj-&-"nIz, h&-/
Function:verb
Inflected Forms: -nized also British -nised; -niz·ing also British -nis·ing
transitive senses
1 : to make homogeneous
2 a : to reduce to small particles of uniform size and distribute evenly usually in a liquid b : to reduce the particles of so thatthey are uniformly small and evenly distributed; specifically : to break up the fat globules of (milk) into very fine particles especially by forcing through minute openingshomogenize intransitive senses
: to become homogenized
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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