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heterogeneous
/ˌhɛt.(ə.)ɹəˈd͡ʒiː.ni.əs/
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What does heterogeneous mean?
adjective
- Diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts.
- Incommensurable because of different kinds.
- Having more than one phase (solid, liquid, gas) present in a system or process.
More meanings (2)
adjective
- Visibly consisting of different components.
- 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.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌhɛt.(ə.)ɹəˈd͡ʒiː.ni.əs/
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/ˌhɛt.(ə)ˈɹɑd͡ʒ.ə.nəs//ˌhɛt.(ə.)ɹoʊˈd͡ʒiː.ni.əs/
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Our bodies are half made up of glands and tubes and organs, occupied in turning heterogeneous food into blood.
It is, however, conceivable that in former periods of the earth's history such heterogeneous hybridisations were possible.
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So far as the French airships of war are concerned, the fleet is somewhat heterogeneous, although the non-rigid type prevails.
The violence of the feelings of crowds is also increased, especially in heterogeneous crowds, by the absence of all sense of responsibility.
Then, from amid the heterogeneous group on the dockside, we were watching the liner depart, and Nayland Smith's expression was a very singular one.