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Definitions for homogeneous
ˌhoʊ məˈdʒi ni əs, -ˈdʒin yəs, ˌhɒm ə-ho·mo·ge·neous

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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. homogeneousadjective

    Of the same kind; alike, similar.

  2. homogeneousadjective

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

  3. homogeneousadjective

    in the same state of matter.

  4. homogeneousadjective

    Of which the properties of a smaller set apply to the whole; scalable.

    The function f(x,y)=x+y is homogeneous of degree 2 because f(u03B1x,u03B1y)=u03B1f(x,y).

  5. Etymology: From homogeneus, from ὁμογενής, from ὁμός + γένος. Compare homo- and -ous, adjectival suffix.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. HOMOGENEAL, HOMOGENEOUSadjective

    Having the same nature or principles; suitable to each other.

    Etymology: homogene, Fr. ὁμογενὴς.

    The means of reduction, by the fire, is but by congregation of homogeneal parts. Francis Bacon, Phys. Rem.

    Ice is a similary body, and homogeneous concretion, whose material is properly water. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

    An homogeneous mass of one kind is easily distinguishable from any other; gold from iron, sulphur from alum, and so of the rest. John Woodward, Natural History.

    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. Isaac Newton, Opt.

Wikipedia

  1. homogeneous

    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. homogeneous

    Homogeneous refers to something that is uniform in structure or composition and consists of identical or similar parts or elements throughout. It can be applied to various fields such as mathematics, science and sociology, and pertains to a condition or state where all sections are identical or almost identical. The term originates from the Greek words "homos" meaning same and "genos" meaning kind or common.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Homogeneousadjective

    of the same kind of nature; consisting of similar parts, or of elements of the like nature; -- opposed to heterogeneous; as, homogeneous particles, elements, or principles; homogeneous bodies

  2. Homogeneousadjective

    possessing the same number of factors of a given kind; as, a homogeneous polynomial

  3. Etymology: [Gr. ; the same + race, kind: cf. F. homogne. See Same, and Kin.]

Wikidata

  1. Homogeneous

    In set theory and in the context of a large cardinal property, a subset, S, of D is homogeneous for a function f if for some natural number n, is the domain of f and for some element r of the range of f, every member of is mapped to r. That is, f is constant on the unordered n-tuples of elements of S.

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  1. Homogeneous

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

Entomology

  1. Homogeneous

    of the same kind or nature: similar in texture or parts.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of homogeneous in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of homogeneous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of homogeneous in a Sentence

  1. Ross Baird:

    It’s their money, which leads them to play it safe and scour the same homogeneous networks for deals.

  2. India Meteorological Department:

    The southwest monsoon seasonal( June to September) rainfall over the four homogeneous rainfall is most likely to be Normal over Northwest India( 92-108 %) and South Peninsula( 93-107 %). Seasonal rainfall is most likely to be below normal over North east India( 95 %) and above normal over Central India( 106 %).

  3. Camille Cosby:

    This is a homogeneous group of exploitive and corrupt people, whose primary purpose is to advance themselves professionally and economically at the expense of Mr. Cosby’s life. If they can do this to Mr. Cosby, they can do so to anyone.

  4. Giuseppe Mazzini:

    O my Brothers! love your Country. Our Country is our home, the home which God has given us, placing therein a numerous family which we love and are loved by, and with which we have a more intimate and quicker communion of feeling and thought than with others; a family which by its concentration upon a given spot, and by the homogeneous nature of its elements, is destined for a special kind of activity.

  5. Jonathan Schanzer:

    The way forward is not to pursue the FTO approach at the State Department, primarily because the initiative is likely to fail, the State Department will remain opposed…the Muslim Brotherhood is not a homogeneous organization, rather, it is made up of disparate affiliates, some of which could likely be classified as terror groups, and some not.

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