Homogeneous
[,hɒmə(ʊ)'dʒiːnɪəs;-'dʒen-] or [,homə'dʒinɪəs]
Definition
(adj.) all of the same or similar kind or nature; 'a close-knit homogeneous group' .
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Definition
(a.) 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.
(a.) Possessing the same number of factors of a given kind; as, a homogeneous polynomial.
Typist: Miranda
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Cognate, congenial, kindred, akin, uniform, of the same kind, of the same nature, of a piece.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See HETEROGENEOUS]
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Definition
adj. of the same kind or nature: having the constituent elements all similar.—ns. Homoge′neousness Homogenē′ity Homō′geny sameness of nature or kind.
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Examples
- He wanted to find the most homogeneous variety. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He wanted a more homogeneous material than thread, and he began to try carbonizing everything he could lay his hands on, straw, paper, cardboard, splinters of wood. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- What he sought was a perfectly uniform and homogeneous carbon, one like the One-Hoss Shay, that had no weak spots to break down at inopportune times. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The gum from the grinding mills is taken to the mixing mills, where, between the large rolls, the various materials are compounded into a homogeneous mass. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There were many societies, but each, within its own territory, was comparatively homogeneous. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- A mixed atmosphere is as free from stratifications, as though it were really homogeneous. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The scene was strangely homogeneous, in that the vale, the upland, the barrow, and the figure above it amounted only to unity. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- And this proved to be correct, for, after a prolonged kneading and rolling, the mass changed into a cohesive, stringy, homogeneous putty. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Why does t his mixture appear simple and homogeneous? Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- They will always exist until mankind becomes a homogeneous jelly. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- And I am more and more convinced that it will be possible to demonstrate the homogeneous origin of all the tissues. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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