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homogeneous
CIDE DICTIONARY
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Possessing the same number of factors of a given kind; as, a homogeneous polynomial. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
homogeneous, adj.
1 of the same kind.
2 consisting of parts all of the same kind; uniform.
3 Math. containing terms all of the same degree.
1 of the same kind.
2 consisting of parts all of the same kind; uniform.
3 Math. containing terms all of the same degree.
Derivative
homogeneity n. homogeneously adv. homogeneousness n.
Etymology
med.L homogeneus f. Gk homogenes (as HOMO-, genes f. genos kind)
THESAURUS
homogeneous
accordant, akin, alike, aped, austere, automatic, balanced, bare, basic, chaste, comparable, consimilar, consistent, consonant, constant, continuous, copied, correspondent, counterfeit, elementary, equable, equal, ersatz, essential, even, fake, favoring, flat, following, fundamental, homely, homespun, identical, imitated, imitation, immutable, indivisible, invariable, irreducible, level, like, measured, mechanical, mere, methodic, mimicked, mock, monolithic, nearly reproduced, not unlike, of a piece, ordered, orderly, persistent, phony, plain, primal, primary, pure, pure and simple, regular, resembling, robotlike, severe, similar, simon-pure, simple, simulated, single, smacking of, smooth, something like, spare, stable, stark, steadfast, steady, suggestive of, synthetic, systematic, unadorned, unbroken, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, uncluttered, undeviating, undifferenced, undifferentiated, undiversified, uniform, uniform with, unruffled, unvaried, unvaryingROGET THESAURUS
homogeneous
Uniformity
N uniformity, homogeneity, homogeneousness, consistency, connaturality, connaturalness, homology, accordance, conformity, agreement, consonance, uniformness, regularity, constancy, even tenor, routine, monotony, uniform, homogeneous, homologous, of a piece, consistent, connatural, monotonous, even, invariable, regular, unchanged, undeviating, unvaried, unvarying, unsegmented, uniformly, uniformly with, in harmony with, always, invariably, without exception, without fail, unfailingly, never otherwise, by clockwork, ab uno disce omnes.Simpleness
N simpleness, purity, homogeneity, elimination, sifting, purification, simple, uniform, of a piece, homogeneous, single, pure, sheer, neat, unmixed, unmingled, unblended, uncombined, uncompounded, elementary, undecomposed, unadulterated, unsophisticated, unalloyed, untinged, unfortified, pur et simple, incomplex, free from, exempt from, exclusive, simple, only.For further exploring for "homogeneous" in Webster Dictionary Online