What does homogenous mean?

Definitions for homogenous
həˈmɒdʒ ə nəs, hoʊ-ho·moge·nous

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. homogeneous, homogenousadjective

    all of the same or similar kind or nature

    "a close-knit homogeneous group"

Wiktionary

  1. homogenousadjective

    Having the same genetic structure; exhibiting homogeny

  2. Etymology: Prefix homo- + gene + -ous

Wikipedia

  1. homogenous

    Homogeneity and heterogeneity are concepts relating to the uniformity of a substance, process or image. A homogeneous feature is uniform in composition or character (i.e. color, shape, size, weight, height, distribution, texture, language, income, disease, temperature, radioactivity, architectural design, etc.); one that is heterogeneous is distinctly nonuniform in at least one of these qualities.

ChatGPT

  1. homogenous

    Homogenous refers to something that is uniform or consistent in structure, composition or nature; elements or parts of which are of the same or similar kind. It can be used in various fields such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and sociology to describe various types of entities that have similar characteristics or properties.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Homogenousadjective

    having a resemblance in structure, due to descent from a common progenitor with subsequent modification; homogenetic; -- applied both to animals and plants. See Homoplastic

Suggested Resources

  1. Homogenous

    Homogenous vs. Homogeneous -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Homogenous and Homogeneous.

Entomology

  1. Homogenous

    similar in structure due to a community of descent.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of homogenous in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of homogenous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of homogenous in a Sentence

  1. Nakhane Toure:

    There's no homogenous idea of what masculinity is, there never was, and there never will be.

  2. Craig McClain:

    Near the wreckage and wellhead, many of the animals characteristic of other areas of the deep Gulf of Mexico, including sea cucumbers, giant isopods, glass sponges and whip corals, were absent, what we observed was a homogenous wasteland, in great contrast to the rich heterogeneity of life seen in a healthy deep sea.

  3. Frank Bruni:

    And what they are is they are exclusive societies -- many of them, not all of them -- that let in like-minded individuals who can then exist in a very homogenous environment, that strikes me as something that's at odds with what we really want colleges to be.

  4. Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Karamarko:

    This government is not functional. We can pursue reforms only with new people. There is still time for new, homogenous and reshuffled government.

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