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- Dictionaryhomogeneous/ˌhəʊmə(ʊ)ˈdʒiːnɪəs/
adjective
- 1. of the same kind; alike: "if all jobs and workers were homogeneous" Similar Opposite
- 2. denoting a process involving substances in the same phase (solid, liquid, or gaseous): "homogeneous catalysis"
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1. : of the same or a similar kind or nature. 2. : of uniform structure or composition throughout. a culturally homogeneous neighborhood. 3. : having the property that if each variable is replaced by a constant times that variable the constant can be factored out : having each term of the same degree if all variables are considered.
HOMOGENEOUS definition: 1. consisting of parts or people that are similar to each other or are of the same type: 2…. Learn more.
homogeneous. (hɒmədʒiːniəs , hoʊ- ) also homogenous. adjective. Homogeneous is used to describe a group or thing which has members or parts that are all the same. [formal] The unemployed are not a homogeneous group. The country is ethnically relatively homogeneous. Synonyms: uniform, similar, consistent, identical More Synonyms of homogeneous.
consisting of things or people that are all the same or all of the same type. a homogeneous group/mixture/population. a culturally homogeneous society. Old people are not a homogeneous group, as some people seem to think. opposite heterogeneous. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
Homogeneous definition: composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind; not heterogeneous. See examples of HOMOGENEOUS used in a sentence.
If a group of things are homogeneous, they're all the same or similar, like a room full of identically dressed Elvis impersonators. The adjective homogeneous comes from the Greek homogenes, meaning “of the same kind.”
There are eight meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective homogeneous, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
homogeneous meaning: consisting of parts or members that are all the same: . Learn more.
HOMOGENEOUS meaning: 1. consisting of parts or people that are similar to each other or are of the same type: 2…. Learn more.
adj. 1. Consisting of parts that are the same; uniform in structure or composition: "a tight-knit, homogeneous society" (James Fallows). 2. Of the same or similar nature or kind: "Professional archivists ... developed more or less homogeneous conservation practices" (David Howard). 3.
