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Definition: Homogeneous |
HomogeneousAdjective1. All of the same or similar kind or nature; "a close-knit homogeneous group". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "homogeneous" was first used: 1607. (references) |
Etymology: Homogeneous \Ho`mo*ge"ne*ous\, adjective. [expression of Greek origin; the same race, kind: compare to the French expression homog[`e]ne. See Same, and Kin.]. (references) |
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Computing | Homogeneous (Or "homogenous") Of uniform nature, similar in kind. 1. In the context of distributed systems, middleware makes heterogeneous systems appear as a homogeneous entity. For example see: interoperable network. Constrast heterogeneous. 2. |
Health | Consisting of or composed of similar elements or ingredients; of a uniform quality throughout. (references) |
Medicine | Consisting of elements of like nature; of the same kind, of a uniform quality throughout. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | Made up of similar parts or elements; of the same composition or structurethroughout; uniform. Opposite of heterogeneous. (references) |
Statistics | This term is used in statistics in its common sense (i. e. of the same kind), but most frequently occurs in connection with samples from populations which may or may notbe different. If the populations are not significantly different they are assumed to be homogeneous and by extension the sample data are also assumed to be homogeneous. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Homogeneous is an adjective that has several meanings.In mathematics, it means an expression consisting of terms of the same degree or elements of the same dimension.
See homogeneity for the expression in the physics field.
- a homogeneous differential equation is in the form D y = f(y/x).
- in linear algebra it is a system in the form Ax=0.
- homogeneous numbers share identical prime factors (may be repeated).
- A homogeneous space for a Lie group G , or more general transformation group, is a space X on which G acts transitively and continuously - so equivalently a coset space G/H where H is a closed subgroup.
- Given a colouring of the edges of a complete graph, the term homogeneous applies to a subset of vertices such that all edge connecting two of the subset have the same colour; and in much greater generality in Ramsey theory for colourings of k-element subsets.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Homogeneous."
Synonym: HomogeneousSynonym: homogenous (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: heterogeneous (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Simpleness | Adjective: simple, uniform, of a piece, homogeneous, single, pure, sheer, neat. |
Uniformity | Adjective: uniform; homogeneous, homologous;of a piece, consistent, connatural; monotonous, even, invariable; regular, unchanged, undeviating, unvaried, unvarying. |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | PET scans at the level of the basal ganglia of a normal control (1) case 1 at the start (2) and after treatment with AZT (3). In (1) there is a homogeneous pattern of glucose metabolism in the frontal, temporal and occipital cortex and in the subcortical grey matter. At the onset of treatment with AZT (2) there is a heterogeneous pattern of glucose metabolism with a relative reduction in the posterior temporal and occipital regions and the thalamus. Thirteen weeks after treatment with AZT, the abnormal pattern has partly resolved (3). All images are scaled from zero to 100% of the maximum activity within the slice (scale shown on right of figure). Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He was perfectly homogeneous, and admitted of no objection, or abridgment |
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Health | These findings indicate that additional subgrouping or stratification of study cases into more homogeneous groups is necessary for comparative studies. (references) | |
Business | The concept of a largely homogeneous Chinese people pervades the thinking of the Han majority. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Maldives | While not forbidden by law, the President officially discourages political parties on the grounds that they are inappropriate to the homogeneous nature of society. (references) |
Economic History | Thailand | Thailand's population is relatively homogeneous. (references) |
North Korea | Koreans are racially and linguistically homogeneous. (references) | |
Indigenous People | El Salvador | The country is ethnically homogeneous, although a very small segment of the population still claims indigenous status. (references) |
Minorities | Netherlands | The traditionally homogeneous nature of society has changed in recent decades due to the influx of immigrants and asylum seekers who make up approximately 9 percent of the population. (references) |
Mauritania | Although culturally homogeneous, the Moors are divided among numerous ethno-linguistic clan groups and are distinguished racially as Beydane and Haratine, or White Moors and Black Moors, although it often is difficult to distinguish between the two groups by skin color. (references) | |
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| "Homogeneous" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.19% of the time. "Homogeneous" is used about 491 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.19% | 487 | 12,274 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.81% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 491 | N/A |
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Expressions using "homogeneous": homogeneous cargo ♦ homogeneous computer network ♦ homogeneous network ♦ meteorologically homogeneous ♦ temporally homogeneous process ♦ unit of homogeneous production. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "homogeneous": non-homogeneous. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
homogeneous | 28 |
constant electrochemical homogeneous rate | 13 |
homogeneous mixture | 9 |
grouping homogeneous | 4 |
homogeneous tile | 4 |
gifted grouping heterogeneous homogeneous student vs | 4 |
catalysis homogeneous | 3 |
homogeneous solution | 3 |
equation homogeneous | 2 |
heterogeneous homogeneous | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "homogeneous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | homogjen (indiscrete, similar), njëfarësh (monocotyledonous), i të njëjtave përmasa, i njëtrajtshëm (equable, equal, even, steady, uniform), i njëshkallshëm, i njëjtë (alike, equal, even, identic, identical, like, same, uniform, very), i ngjashëm (alike, analogous, identic, identical, like, near, parallel, resembling, same, similar), i bashkëmatshëm (commensurable), i afërt (adjacent, close, cognate, connate, connected, contiguous, imminent, impendent, impending, intimate, near, neighboring, neighbouring, next door, nigh, proximate, thick). (various references) | |
Arabic | متماثل (akin, corresponding, equal, homologous, identification, matching, parallel, symmetric, symmetrical, uniform), متجانس (identical, matching, similar). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | съизмерим (aliquot, commensurable, commensurate), хомогенен, еднороден (indiscrete, massive, unblended, uniform). (various references) | |
Chinese | 同質 , 同类. (various references) | |
Czech | homogenní, stejnorodý. (various references) | |
Danish | homogen. (various references) | |
Dutch | homogeen. (various references) | |
Farsi | یکجور (Alike), مقاربت کننده باهم جنس خود, متوافق , مشابه (Equivalent, Similar), هم جنس (Like). (various references) | |
Finnish | homogeeninen. (various references) | |
French | homogène (homogen). (various references) | |
German | homogen (homogenous), gleichwertig (equivalent, homologous). (various references) | |
Greek | ομοιογενής. (various references) | |
Hebrew | אחיד (even, integral, unified, uniform), הומוגני. (various references) | |
Hungarian | homogén (solid), egynemű (uniform, unisexed, unisexual). (various references) | |
Indonesian | menyeragamkan (make homogeneous, make uniform). (various references) | |
Italian | omogeneo (harmonious). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 等質 (same nature or quality), 同質的 , 同質 (same nature, same quality), 均質 (homogeneity). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きんしつ (homogeneity), どうしつてき, どうしつ (same nature, same quality, the same room), とうしつ (saccharinity, same nature or quality, sugariness). (various references) | |
Korean | 균질. (various references) | |
Manx | co-cheintagh (cognate, congeneric, congenial, correlative). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | omogeneoushay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | homogneo, homogénio, homogéneo (uniform), homogéneo. (various references) | |
Romanian | omogen (homogene, homogeneal, smooth, unitary). (various references) | |
Russian | гомогенный. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | homogen (uniform), istorodan. (various references) | |
Spanish | homogéneo. (various references) | |
Swedish | homogen. (various references) | |
Turkish | homojen (indiscrete, intimate), türdeş (congener, congenerous, fellow creature, homologous, of that ilk, of the same kind, solid), aynı yapılı olan. (various references) | |
Turkmen | hili-bir hili (somewhat). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | гомогенний, однорідний (connatural, kindred, pure, self, smooth). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thuần nhất, đồng nhất, đồng đều. (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | homogenes. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | continens, continentem, continentes, continentia, continentis. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "homogeneous": homogeneously, homogeneousness, homogeneousnesses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "homogeneous": inhomogeneous, nonhomogeneous. (additional references) | |
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"Homogeneous" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: homegeneous, homeogeneous, homogeneus, homogenious, homogenius, homogenoues, homogenueous, homogenuous, homogenus, homogoneous. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "homogeneous" (pronounced hō'mujē"nēus) |
| 4 | -n ē u s | acrimonious, contemporaneous, erroneous, extraneous, felonious, harmonious, igneous, ignominious, instantaneous, miscellaneous, percutaneous, sanctimonious, simultaneous, spontaneous, unceremonious. |
| 3 | -ē u s | alias, amphibious, aqueous, bilious, coleus, commodious, copious, courteous, curious, deleterious, delirious, denarius, devious, dubious, envious, fastidious, furious, gaseous, glorious, gregarious, hideous, hilarious, illustrious, imperious, impervious, industrious, inglorious, injurious, insidious, invidious, laborious, lascivious, lugubrious, luxurious, melodious, meritorious, mysterious, nefarious, notorious, nucleus, oblivious, obsequious, obvious, odious, pancreas, penurious, precarious, previous, punctilious, radius, Sartorius, serious, spurious, studious, supercilious, tedious, various, vicarious, victorious, vitreous. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-g-h-m-n-o-o-o-s-u" | |
-1 letter: homogenous. | |
-3 letters: hegumens, housemen, mongoose, mungoose. | |
-4 letters: enoughs, genomes, gumshoe, hegumen, hognose, mongoes, someone. | |
-5 letters: enmesh, enough, genome, genoms, gnomes, mongoe, mongos, mungos, neumes, shogun, ugsome, unmesh. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-g-h-m-n-o-o-o-s-u" | |
+2 letters: homogeneously, inhomogeneous. | |
+3 letters: nonhomogeneous. | |
+4 letters: homogeneousness. | |
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