heterogeneous
different in kind; unlike; incongruous.
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.
Chemistry. (of a mixture) composed of different substances or the same substance in different phases, as solid ice and liquid water.
Origin of heterogeneous
1Other words for heterogeneous
Opposites for heterogeneous
Other words from heterogeneous
- het·er·o·ge·ne·ous·ly, adverb
- het·er·o·ge·ne·ous·ness, noun
Words that may be confused with heterogeneous
- heterogeneous , heterogenous, homogeneous, homogenous
Words Nearby heterogeneous
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How to use heterogeneous in a sentence
His research helped advance methods of depositing often remarkably thin films of material onto silicon wafers, in a process known as heterogeneous integration.
One of the reasons why things are so slow in our field is we’re trying to address a heterogeneous disease with one intervention at a time.
How scientists are shifting their search for links between diet and dementia | Cassandra Willyard | July 5, 2022 | Science NewsBut, he adds, “I think the future will be heterogeneous, in which all the technologies are used probably in a complementary way to traditional computing.”
Whatever happened to DNA computing? | Lakshmi Chandrasekaran | October 27, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewThere was a study of Wikipedia that showed the most accurate and high quality articles were produced by an ideologically heterogeneous, diverse set of editors and writers.
Why Misinformation Is About Who You Trust, Not What You Think - Issue 100: Outsiders | Brian Gallagher & Kevin Berger | May 26, 2021 | NautilusThe “Nueve” was representative of the quite heterogeneous forces that retook the city.
By contrast, brain states are far more heterogeneous, likely due to interactions between a person and his or her environment.
The Science Community’s Fight Over an Artificial Brain | Elizabeth Picciuto | July 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSunni families in historically heterogeneous areas picked up and fled, eager to avoid a power drill to the forehead.
Which they would, because the Democratic caucus is already heterogeneous enough to be amenable to compromise.
Michael Tomasky on Obama’s Delusions About the GOP’s ‘Fever’ Breaking | Michael Tomasky | June 7, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTI missed the general accepting feeling that comes from such a heterogeneous mixture of people.
The party at Walls End Castle, though its elements were decidedly heterogeneous, was a success.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsBut, just examine this heterogeneous pile of 'cigar-lights,' which rears its audacious head upon the table.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.What obscured the history was the manner in which masses of heterogeneous facts were heaped together.
English Poor Law Policy | Sidney WebbOther varieties of heterogeneous colloidal mixtures are tabulated by Wo.
The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, vol. 1, parts 1 and 2. | Julius StieglitzThe ponderous weight of the empire ground out racial and caste distinctions and welded together all the heterogeneous mass.
The Two Great Republics: Rome and the United States | James Hamilton Lewis
British Dictionary definitions for heterogeneous
/ (ˌhɛtərəʊˈdʒiːnɪəs) /
composed of unrelated or differing parts or elements
not of the same kind or type
chem of, composed of, or concerned with two or more different phases: Compare homogeneous
Origin of heterogeneous
1Derived forms of heterogeneous
- heterogeneity (ˌhɛtərəʊdʒɪˈniːɪtɪ) or heterogeneousness, noun
- heterogeneously, adverb
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