homogeneous

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin homogeneus, from Ancient Greek ὁμογενής ("of the same race, family or kind"), from ὁμός (homos, "same") + γένος (genos, "kind"). Compare homo- ("same") and -ous, adjectival suffix.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /hɒ.məˈdʒiː.nɪəs/
• (US) IPA: /hɑməˈdʒiniəs/

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Adjective

homogeneous (not comparable)

1. Of the same kind; alike, similar.
2. Having the same composition throughout; of uniform make-up.
   • 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.25:

     Their citizens were not of homogenous origin, but were from all parts of Greece.

3. (chemistry) in the same state of matter.
4. (mathematics) Of which the properties of a smaller set apply to the whole; scalable.

   The function f(x,y)=x²+y² is homogeneous of degree 2 because f(αx,αy)=α²f(x,y).

Antonyms

• heterogeneous

Related terms

• homogeneity
• homogenise, homogenize

See also

• homogenous

Derived terms

homogeneous mixture homogeneous broadening homogeneous catalysis homogeneous coordinate homogeneous function homogeneous ideal

homogeneous number homogeneous polynomial homogeneous radiation homogeneous society homogeneous space homogeneous system

Translations

of the same kind; alike, similar

Afrikaans: homogeen (af) Albanian: homogjen (sq) Bulgarian: еднороден (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 同質 (cmn), 同质 (cmn) (tóngzhí, tóngzhì) Czech: stejnorodý (cs), homogenní (cs) Dutch: homogeen (nl) Finnish: yhtenäinen (fi), homogeeninen (fi) French: homogène (fr) Galician: homoxéneo (gl) German: homogen (de), gleichartig (de) Greek: ομοιογενής (el) (omoiogenís) m. and f., ομογενής (el) (omogenís) m. and f. Hungarian: homogén (hu)

Icelandic: einsleitur (is) m., einleitur (is) m., eingerður (is) m., samkynja (is) m., samleitur (is) m. Irish: aonchineálach (ga) Italian: omogeneo (it) Japanese: 均質 (ja) (きんしつ, kinshitsu), 同質 (ja) (どうしつ, dōshitsu) Manx: cocheintagh (gv) Polish: jednorodny (pl) m., jednolity m. Portuguese: homogêneo (pt), homogéneo (pt) Russian: однородный (ru) (odnoródnyj), гомогенный (ru) (gomogénnyj), единообразный (ru) (jedinoobráznyj) Spanish: homogéneo (es) Swedish: homogen (sv) Telugu: సజాతి (te) (sajaathi)

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Arabic: (العربيه: متجانس) (?) Urdu: (aik jaisa)

External links

• homogeneous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• homogeneous in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• homogeneous at OneLook Dictionary Search