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homogeneous

  • adjective
  • /ˌhɒm.ə(ʊ)ˈd͡ʒiː.nɪəs/

Of the same kind; alike, similar.

Other meanings

  1. Having the same composition throughout; of uniform make-up.

  2. In the same state of matter.

Antonyms

  • heterogeneous

Related words

  • dishomogeneous
  • quasihomogeneous
  • homogeneous function
  • time-homogeneous Markovian type
  • homogeneous polynomial
  • homogeneous mixture
  • homogeneously
  • homogeneous space
  • inhomogeneous
  • homogeneousness
  • homogeneous number
  • nonhomogeneous

Example sentences

  • “It's a heterogeneous group, not a homogeneous one.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Ancient Greek "ὁμογενής" (of the same race, family or kind).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “homogeneous” 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.