Heterogeneous

Hetˊer-o-ge′ne-ous

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Adj.

[Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] + [GREEK] race, kind; akin to E.

kin

: cf. F.

hétérogène

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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.

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Hetˊer-o-ge′ne-ous-ly

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adv.

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Hetˊer-o-ge′ne-ous-ness

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Noun.

Heterogeneous nouns

(Gram.)

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nouns having different genders in the singular and plural numbers; as, hic locus, of the masculine gender in the singular, and hi loci and hæc loca, both masculine and neuter in the plural; hoc cælum, neuter in the singular; hi cæli, masculine in the plural.

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Heterogeneous quantities

(Math.)

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such quantities as are incapable of being compared together in respect to magnitude, and surfaces and solids.

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Heterogeneous surds

(Math.)

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surds having different radical signs.

Heterogeneous

HETEROGE'NEOUS

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Adj.

[Gr. other, and kind.] Of a different kind or nature; unlike or dissimilar in kind; opposed to homogeneous.

The light whose rays are all alike refrangible, I call simple, homogeneal and similar; and that whose rays are some more refrangible than others, I call compound, heterogeneal and dissimilar.

Heterogeneous nouns, are such as are of different genders in the singular and plural numbers; as hic locus, of the masculine gender in the singular, and hi loci and haec loca, both masculine and neuter in the plural. Hoc coelum, neuter in the singular; hi coeli, masculine in the plural.

Heterogeneous quantities, are those which are of such different kind and consideration, that one of them, taken any number of times, never equals or exceeds the other.

Heterogeneous surds, are such as have different radical signs.

heterogeneous

English

Adjective

heterogeneous ‎(comparative more heterogeneous, superlative most heterogeneous)

Diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts.
He had a large and heterogeneous collection of books.‎
(mathematics) Incommensurable because of different kinds.
(physics) Having more than one phase (solid, liquid, gas) present in a system or process.
(chemistry) Visibly consisting of different components.
(computing) Of a network comprising different types of computers, potentially with vastly differing memory sizes, processing power and even basic underlying architecture; alternatively, of a data resource with multiple types of formats.