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heterogeneity

Word definitions for heterogeneity in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind [syn: heterogeneousness ] [ant: homogeneity ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
On Wikipedia heterogeneity or heterogeneous may refer to the following: Heterogeneity in the sciences is a substance composed of dissimilar or diverse parts. A heterogeneous reaction , a reaction in chemical kinetics that takes place at the interface of ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) diversity 2 (context countable English) A composition of diverse parts 3 The quality of a substance which is not uniform.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1640s, from Medieval Latin heterogeneitas , from heterogeneus , from Greek heterogenes (see heterogeneous ).

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Heterogeneity \Het`er*o*ge*ne"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. h['e]t['e]rog['e]n['e]it['e].] The state of being heterogeneous; contrariety. The difference, indeed the heterogeneity, of the two may be felt. --Coleridge.

Usage examples of heterogeneity.

Infinite frustrations of attempts to positivize manifest themselves in infinite heterogeneity: so that though things try to localize homogeneousness they end up in heterogeneity so great that it amounts to infinite dispersion or indistinguishability.

Nature thrives on diversity and heterogeneity, and cloning moves in the opposite direction.

I have often thought the same thing of the heterogeneities that go to make up a soldier's pot-a feu.

The weird part is that that means there's some process by which little informational and structural heterogeneities can arise and persist at pressures that smoosh hydrogen itself down to liquid.