homogeneous
English
Alternative forms
- homogenous (may be considered incorrect; see usage note at homogenous)
Etymology
From Medieval Latin homogeneus, from Ancient Greek ὁμογενής (homogenḗs, “of the same race, family or kind”), from ὁμός (homós, “same”) + γένος (génos, “kind”). Compare homo- (“same”) and -ous (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
Adjective
homogeneous (not comparable)
- Of the same kind; alike, similar.
- Having the same composition throughout; of uniform make-up.
- 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.25:
- Their citizens were not of homogeneous origin, but were from all parts of Greece.
- 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.25:
- (chemistry) in the same state of matter.
- (mathematics) Of which the properties of a smaller set apply to the whole; scalable.
- The function is homogeneous of degree 2 because .
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Translations
of the same kind; alike, similar
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having the same composition throughout
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Further reading
- homogeneous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- homogeneous in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- homogeneous at OneLook Dictionary Search
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