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Definition: Inhomogeneous |
InhomogeneousAdjective1. Not homogeneous. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: InhomogeneousSynonym: nonuniform (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Inhomogeneous |
| English words defined with "inhomogeneous": inhomogeneity. (references) |
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| "Inhomogeneous" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Inhomogeneous" is used about 20 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) | 100% | 20 | 78,262 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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 |
inhomogeneous | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "inhomogeneous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 不同类. (various references) | |
Danish | inhomogen bestraaling (inhomogeneous irradiation), heterogent medium (inhomogeneous medium), heterogen kappe (inhomogeneous sheath). (various references) | |
Dutch | heterogene omhulling (inhomogeneous sheath), heterogeen medium (inhomogeneous medium). (various references) | |
Finnish | epähomogeeninen vaippa (inhomogeneous sheath), epähomogeeninen väliaine (inhomogeneous medium). (various references) | |
French | irradiation hétérogène (inhomogeneous irradiation), milieu non homogène (inhomogeneous medium), gain non homogène (inhomogeneous sheath), champ magnétique inhomogène (inhomogeneous magnetic field). (various references) | |
German | inhomogen (heterogeneous). (various references) | |
Greek | ανομοιογενές μέσο (inhomogeneous medium), ανομοιογενής μανδύας (inhomogeneous sheath), ανομοιογενής ακτινοβόληση (inhomogeneous irradiation). (various references) | |
Hungarian | inhomogén. (various references) | |
Italian | mezzo non omogeneo (inhomogeneous medium), guaina non omogenea (inhomogeneous sheath), campo magnetico disomogeneo (inhomogeneous magnetic field). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | inhomogeneousay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | meio não homogéneo (inhomogeneous medium), baínha não homogénea (inhomogeneous sheath). (various references) | |
Spanish | radiación no homogénea (inhomogeneous irradiation), medio no homogéneo (inhomogeneous medium), envoltura no homogénea (inhomogeneous sheath), campo magnético no homogéneo (inhomogeneous magnetic field). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | không đồng nhất (heterogeneous, spotty), không đồng đều. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Inhomogeneous" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: inhomogenous. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-g-h-i-m-n-n-o-o-o-s-u" | |
-2 letters: homogeneous. | |
-3 letters: homogenies, homogenise, homogenous, homogonies, monogenies. | |
-4 letters: enmeshing, moonshine, oogoniums, unmeshing. | |
-5 letters: enginous, hegumens, housemen, ingenues, ionogens, meninges, mongoose, mungoose, nominees, oogenies, oogonium, sheening, unhinges, unseeing. | |
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