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Definition: Homogeneity |
HomogeneityNoun1. The quality of being similar or comparable in kind or nature; "there is a remarkable homogeneity between the two companies". 2. The quality of being of uniform throughout in composition or structure. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "homogeneity" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Census | Homogeneity assumes that all people in a particular sampling stratum or poststratum have an equal chance of being included or missed by a census or survey. A lack of homogeneity in a particular sample block is not an error, but it does create difficulty for the small-area estimation process. This happens because the correction factor is applied to all people with the specified characteristic in that poststratum even though some of them do not exhibit the same coverage characteristic. See heterogeneity. (references) |
Mathematics | This term is used in statistics in its ordinary sense, but most frequently occurs in connection with samples from different populations which may or may not be identical. If the populations are identical they are said to be homogeneous, and by extension, the sample data are also said to be homogeneous. In a more restricted sense populations may be said to be homogeneous in respect of some of their constants, e. g. k populations with identical means but different dispersions are homogeneous in their means. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | In geochemical prospecting, the homogeneity of a geochemical anomaly is a measure of the smoothness, or absence of strong local variations, in thedistribution of the indicator element. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In physics, homogeneity is the quality of having all properties independent of the position.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Homogeneity."
Synonym: HomogeneitySynonym: homogeneousness (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: heterogeneity (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Relation | Noun: relation, bearing, reference, connection, concern,. cognation; correlation; analogy; similarity; affinity, homology, alliance, homogeneity, association; approximation; (nearness); filiation; (consanguinity); interest; relevancy; dependency, relationship, relative position. |
Simpleness | Noun: simpleness; Adjective: purity, homogeneity. |
Uniformity | Noun: uniformity; homogeneity, homogeneousness; consistency; connaturality, connaturalness; homology; accordance; conformity; agreement; consonance, uniformness. regularity, constancy, even tenor,.routine; monotony. |
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Crosswords: Homogeneity |
| English words defined with "homogeneity": Homoeomerical, homogeneousness. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "homogeneity": Bartlett's test ♦ Cochran's test, coefficient of racial likeness ♦ Friedman's test ♦ intermetallic compound ♦ lithodeme, L-test, L-tests ♦ METALLOGRAPHER, METALLURGICAL TECHNICIAN ♦ Pitman's tests ♦ Radiotherapy, Conformal ♦ workability. (references) |
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Herbert Spencer | Civilization is progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity. |
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Health | The required number of symptoms was decreased from 8 to 4 and the list of symptoms was decreased from 11 to 8 because we agreed that multiple symptom criteria had increased the restrictiveness of the 1988 chronic fatigue syndrome working case definition without increasing the homogeneity of cases (Reyes M, et al. Unpublished data). (references) | |
Economic History | Iceland | Because of its small size and relative homogeneity, Iceland holds all the characteristics of a very close-knit society. (references) |
Costa Rica | The small landowners' relative poverty, the lack of a large indigenous labor force, the population's ethnic and linguistic homogeneity, and Costa Rica's isolation from the Spanish colonial centers in Mexico and the Andes all contributed to the development of an autonomous and individualistic agrarian society. (references) | |
Minorities | Bosnia and Herzegovina | However, nationalist Bosnian Serb and Croat politicians sought to increase the ethnic homogeneity of the population in areas they control by discouraging IDP's of their own ethnicity from returning to their prewar homes if they would be in the minority there. (references) |
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| "Homogeneity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Homogeneity" is used about 147 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 |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 147 | 25,998 |
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Expression using "homogeneity": lack of homogeneity. Additional references. | |
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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 |
homogeneity | 7 |
black cultural homogeneity intelligence test | 5 |
homogeneity variance | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "homogeneity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | تماثل (community, identification, identify, identity, like, likeness, oneness, resemble, sameness, self identification, similarity, symmetry, sympathize, uniformity), تجانس (analogy, assort, identity, sympathize). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | хомогенност, еднородност. (various references) | |
Chinese | 同质性. (various references) | |
Czech | stejnorodost. (various references) | |
Danish | homogenitet, ensartethed (commonality). (various references) | |
Dutch | homogeniteit. (various references) | |
Farsi | یکجوری (Concord), هم جنسی . (various references) | |
Finnish | homogeenisuus. (various references) | |
French | homogénéité. (various references) | |
German | homogenität, Gleichwertigkeit (equivalence). (various references) | |
Greek | ομογένεια, ομοιογένεια. (various references) | |
Hebrew | אחידות (consolidation, uniformity, unity), הומוגניות. (various references) | |
Hungarian | homogenitás. (various references) | |
Italian | omogeneità (homogenized food, similarity). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 純一 (purity, unadorned), 同性 (congeniality, homosexuality, same sex), 均質性 , 均質 (homogeneous). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きんしつせい, きんしつ (homogeneous), どうせい (cohabitation, condition, congeniality, homosexuality, living together, made of copper, movements, same name, same sex, state), じゅんいつ (purity, unadorned). (various references) | |
Korean | 균질성. (various references) | |
Manx | co-cheintys (congeniality, correlation). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | omogeneityhay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | homogeneidade (unity). (various references) | |
Romanian | omogenitate (homogeneousness). (various references) | |
Russian | гомогенность, однородность. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | homogenost. (various references) | |
Spanish | homogeneidad. (various references) | |
Swedish | homogenitet. (various references) | |
Turkish | homojenlik. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | гомогенність, однорідність. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tính thuần nhất (homogeneousness, unity), tính đồng nhất (homogeneousness, identity), tình đồng đều (homogeneousness). (various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words ending with "homogeneity": inhomogeneity. (additional references) | |
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"Homogeneity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: homogenaeity, homogenaity, homogenicity, homogeniety, homogenity. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "homogeneity" (pronounced hÄ'mujunē"utē) |
| 6 | -u n ē" u t ē | spontaneity. |
| 4 | -ē" u t ē | deity. |
| 3 | -u t ē | absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, ability, abnormality, accountability, acidity, activity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, adversity, advisability, affinity, affordability, aggressivity, agility, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amiability, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, availability, banality, barbarity, believability, bestiality, biodiversity, bisexuality, brevity, brutality, calamity, capability, capacity, captivity, causality, cavity, celebrity, centrality, charity, chastity, civility, clarity, collegiality, commodity, commonality, community, comparability, compatibility, complexity, complicity, comprehensibility, conditionality, conductivity, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, congruity, connectivity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, creativity, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, curiosity, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deniability, density, dependability, depravity, deputy, desirability, dexterity, dignity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, laxity, legality, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, docility, domesticity, duality, ductility, duplicity, durability, eccentricity, elasticity, electability, electricity, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, entity, equality, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, eventuality, exclusivity, expressivity, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, falsity, familiarity, fatality, feasibility, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, fertility, festivity, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, fraternity, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, generosity, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gravity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, hilarity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humanity, humidity, humility, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immaturity, immobility, immorality, immortality, immunity, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inability, inaccessibility, inactivity, incapacity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indemnity, indestructibility, indignity, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, inferiority, infertility, infidelity, infinity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, instability, instrumentality, insularity, integrity, intensity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irregularity, legibility, lethality, levity, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, longevity, majority, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, masculinity, materiality, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, mentality, minority, miscibility, mobility, modality, modernity, monstrosity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, multiplicity, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, nativity, necessity, negativity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, originality, overcapacity, oversensitivity, palatability, parity, partiality, particularity, passivity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, permeability, perpetuity, perplexity, personality, perversity, piety, plausibility, plurality, polarity, polity, pomposity, popularity, portability, possibility, posterity, practicality, predictability, principality, priority, probability, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, profitability, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, proportionality, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, punctuality, purity, quality, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, rationality, reactivity, readability, reality, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, reliability, religiosity, respectability, responsibility, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, seasonality, security, selectivity, senility, seniority, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, serenity, severity, sexuality, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, speciality, specificity, spirituality, stability, sterility, stupidity, subjectivity, suitability, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, temerity, tenacity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, toxicity, tranquility, transferability, Trinity, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unavailability, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, universality, university, unpopularity, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, vanity, variability, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, venality, veracity, Verity, versatility, viability, vicinity, virginity, virility, virtuosity, viscosity, visibility, vitality, volatility, voracity, vulgarity, vulnerability. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-g-h-i-m-n-o-o-t-y" | |
-3 letters: hegemony, homogeny, theogony, theonomy. | |
-4 letters: emoting, emotion, hooting, hygiene, meeting, mitogen, mooneye, mooting, onetime, teeming, theming, thymine. | |
-5 letters: eighty, emetin, enmity, ethion, ethyne, etymon, eyeing, gemote, genome, gentoo, gooney, goonie, hoeing, hogtie, homing, hominy, meting, mighty, moiety, mongoe, mooing, motion, mythoi, nighty, oogeny, oohing, teeing, tegmen, theine, toeing, toneme, toying, yeomen. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-g-h-i-m-n-o-o-t-y" | |
+2 letters: inhomogeneity. | |
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