"heterogeneous" meaning in English

See heterogeneous in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌhɛt.(ə.)ɹəˈd͡ʒiː.nɪəs/ [UK], /ˌhɛt.(ə)ˈɹɒd͡ʒ.ə.nəs/ [UK], /ˌhɛt.(ə.)ɹəʊˈd͡ʒiː.nɪəs/ [UK], /ˌhɛt.(ə.)ɹəˈd͡ʒiː.ni.əs/ [US], /ˌhɛt.(ə)ˈɹɑd͡ʒ.ə.nəs/ [US], /ˌhɛt.(ə.)ɹoʊˈd͡ʒiː.ni.əs/ [US] Audio: en-us-heterogeneous.ogg [US], en-au-heterogeneous.ogg [Australia] Forms: more heterogeneous [comparative], most heterogeneous [superlative]
Etymology: From Medieval Latin heterogeneus, from Ancient Greek ἑτερογενής (heterogenḗs, “of different kinds”), from ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another, different”) + γένος (génos, “kind”). Compare hetero- and -ous. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ML.|heterogeneus}} Medieval Latin heterogeneus, {{der|en|grc|ἑτερογενής|t=of different kinds}} Ancient Greek ἑτερογενής (heterogenḗs, “of different kinds”), {{m|grc|ἕτερος|t=other, another, different}} ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another, different”), {{m|grc|γένος|t=kind}} γένος (génos, “kind”), {{m|en|hetero-}} hetero-, {{m|en|-ous}} -ous Head templates: {{en-adj}} heterogeneous (comparative more heterogeneous, superlative most heterogeneous)
  1. Diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts. Synonyms (composed of diverse parts, or coming from diverse sources): heterologous Translations (diverse in kind): heterogjen (Albanian), i tjetërllojshëm (Albanian), qarışıq (Azerbaijani), разнороден (raznoroden) (Bulgarian), heterogeni (Catalan), 異質 (Chinese Mandarin), 异质 (yìzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), heterogenní (Czech), různorodý (Czech), heterogeen (Dutch), heterogene (Dutch), epäyhtenäinen (Finnish), sekalainen (Finnish), heterogeeninen (Finnish), hétérogène (French), heteroxéneo (Galician), heterogen (German), ετερογενής (eterogenís) (Greek), heterogén (Hungarian), heterogen (Indonesian), ilchineálach (Irish), ilghnéitheach (Irish), eterogeneo (Italian), гетерогенді (geterogendı) (Kazakh), гетерогендік (geterogendık) (Kazakh), әртекті (ärtektı) (Kazakh), біртекті емес (bırtektı emes) (Kazakh), біртексіз (bırteksız) (Kazakh), heterogeneus (Latin), yl-chynnoil (Manx), yl-cheintagh (Manx), heterogen (Norwegian Bokmål), heterogen (Norwegian Nynorsk), heterogeniczny (Polish), niejednorodny (Polish), heterogêneo (Portuguese), eterogen (Romanian), neuniform (Romanian), неодноро́дный (neodnoródnyj) (Russian), гетероге́нный (geterogénnyj) (Russian), iol-ghnèitheach (Scottish Gaelic), heterogéneo (Spanish), heterogen (Swedish), విజాతి (vijāti) (Telugu), విభిన్న (vibhinna) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-heterogeneous-en-adj-J2r~MFkp Disambiguation of 'composed of diverse parts, or coming from diverse sources': 48 18 5 20 9 Disambiguation of 'diverse in kind': 81 5 4 5 4
  2. (mathematics) Incommensurable because of different kinds. Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (mathematics: incommensurable): heterogeeninen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-heterogeneous-en-adj-hocloIFc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 35 10 39 14 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'mathematics: incommensurable': 2 58 9 12 19
  3. (physics, chemistry) Having more than one phase (solid, liquid, gas) present in a system or process. Categories (topical): Chemistry, Physics Translations (physics: having more than one phase): qarışıq (Azerbaijani), heterogeeninen (Finnish), eterogen (Romanian), dam-uriin (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-heterogeneous-en-adj-8fmOn92B Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'physics: having more than one phase': 4 5 78 8 6
  4. (chemistry) Visibly consisting of different components. Categories (topical): Chemistry, Systems theory Translations (chemistry: visibly consisting of different components): хетерогенен (heterogenen) (Bulgarian), heterogeeninen (Finnish), dam-uriin (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-heterogeneous-en-adj-NK6i2p08 Disambiguation of Systems theory: 4 27 14 37 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 35 10 39 14 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 25 10 40 19 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'chemistry: visibly consisting of different components': 4 19 4 62 11
  5. (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. Categories (topical): Computing Translations (computing: comprising different types of computers or formats): heterogeeninen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-heterogeneous-en-adj-tPe1ZVvF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 35 10 39 14 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'computing: comprising different types of computers or formats': 5 21 3 22 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: assorted, omnifarious Derived forms: heterogeneous equilibrium Related terms: heterogene, heterogeneal, heterogeneity, heterogeneously, heterogeneous mixture, heterogeneous catalysis, heterogeneousness, heterogenous, hodgepodge, uniformity

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    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "diverse in kind",
      "word": "neuniform"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neodnoródnyj",
      "sense": "diverse in kind",
      "word": "неодноро́дный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "geterogénnyj",
      "sense": "diverse in kind",
      "word": "гетероге́нный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "diverse in kind",
      "word": "iol-ghnèitheach"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "diverse in kind",
      "word": "heterogéneo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "diverse in kind",
      "word": "heterogen"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "vijāti",
      "sense": "diverse in kind",
      "word": "విజాతి"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "vibhinna",
      "sense": "diverse in kind",
      "word": "విభిన్న"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mathematics: incommensurable",
      "word": "heterogeeninen"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "physics: having more than one phase",
      "word": "qarışıq"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "physics: having more than one phase",
      "word": "heterogeeninen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "physics: having more than one phase",
      "word": "eterogen"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "physics: having more than one phase",
      "word": "dam-uriin"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "heterogenen",
      "sense": "chemistry: visibly consisting of different components",
      "word": "хетерогенен"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "chemistry: visibly consisting of different components",
      "word": "heterogeeninen"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "chemistry: visibly consisting of different components",
      "word": "dam-uriin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "computing: comprising different types of computers or formats",
      "word": "heterogeeninen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "heterogeneous"
}

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