heterogeneous
Diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts.
Example
“He had a large and heterogeneous collection of books.”
Other meanings
Incommensurable because of different kinds.
Having more than one phase (solid, liquid, gas) present in a system or process.
Antonyms
- homogeneous
Related words
- heterogeneous equilibrium
- heterogenize
- microheterogeneous
Example sentences
Word history
From Ancient Greek "ἑτερογενής" (of different kinds).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “heterogeneous” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.