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Heterogeneous - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Heterogeneous : adj
1: consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or
nature; "the population of the United States is vast
and heterogeneous" [syn: heterogenous] [ant: homogeneous]
2: originating outside the body [syn: heterogenous] [ant: autogenous]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Heterogeneous : \Het`er*o*ge"ne*ous\, a. [Gr. ?; ? _ ? race, kind;
akin to E. kin: cf. F. h['e]t['e]rog[`e]ne.]
Differing in kind; having unlike qualities; possessed of
different characteristics; dissimilar; -- opposed to
homogeneous, and said of two or more connected objects, or of
a conglomerate mass, considered in respect to the parts of
which it is made up. -- Het`er*o*ge"ne*ous*ly, adv. --
Het`er*o*ge"ne*ous*ness, n.
Heterogeneous nouns (Gram.), nouns having different genders
in the singular and plural numbers; as, hic locus, of the
masculine gender in the singular, and hi loci and h[ae]c
loca, both masculine and neuter in the plural; hoc
c[ae]lum, neuter in the singular; hi c[ae]li, masculine in
the plural.
Heterogeneous quantities (Math.), such quantities as are
incapable of being compared together in respect to
magnitude, and surfaces and solids.
Heterogeneous surds (Math.), surds having different radical
signs.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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