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Heterogeneity

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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
heterogeneity

1640s, from Medieval Latin heterogeneitas, from heterogeneus, from Greek heterogenes (see heterogeneous).

Wiktionary
heterogeneity

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.

WordNet
heterogeneity

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

Wikipedia
Heterogeneity (disambiguation)

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 two or more phases, i.e. between a solid and a gas, a liquid and a gas, or a solid and a liquid
  • A heterogeneous catalysis, one in which the catalyst is in a different phase from the substrate
  • Heterogeneity (statistics)
  • Study heterogeneity, a concept in statistics
  • A heterogeneous taxon, a taxon that contains a great variety of individuals or sub-taxa; usually this implies that the taxon is an artificial grouping
  • Genetic heterogeneity, multiple origins causing the same disorder in different individuals.
  • Allelic heterogeneity, different mutations at the same locus causing the same disorder.
  • Heterogeneity in landscape ecology, the measure of how different parts of a landscape are from one another.
  • Heterogeneous computing, electronic systems that utilize a variety of different types of computational units
  • Semantic heterogeneity, where there are differences in meaning and interpretation across data sources and datasets
  • With information technology it means a network comprising different types of computers, potentially with vastly differing memory sizes, processing power and even basic underlying architecture.
  • A data resource with multiple types of formats.
  • Heterogeneous agents in economic models
  • Heterogeneity in economics
  • Heterogeneous conditions in medicine are those conditions which have several etiologies

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.