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homogeneal, a. and n. Now rare.|hɒməʊˈdʒiːnɪəl|
Also 7–8 erron. -ial(l.
[f. Scholastic L. homogene-us (f. Gr. ὁµογενε-: see prec.) + -al1.]
A. adj. = homogeneous.
homogeneal surds: see quot. 1706; now called like surds.
1603Sir C. Heydon Jud. Astrol. vi. 163 That which was conceiued..liueth after the same manner, an Homogeneall kinde of life..annexed vnto her [the mother], as a part of her selfe. 1625N. Carpenter Geog. Del. i. ii. (1635) 40 The water is an vniforme and homogeneall body. 1662W. Gurnall Chr. in Arm. verse 17. ii. xxiv. §5 (1669) 318/2 Truth is one; it is Homogenial. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Homogeneal Surds, such as have one common Radical Sign. 1805[see heterogeneal]. 1877W. Bruce Comm. Rev. 313 Goodness and truth are homogeneal and congenial to each other.
B. n. A homogeneous substance or person.
1651[see heterogeneal B.]. 1686Goad Celest. Bodies 429 There may be Communication between Homogeneals.
Hence homoˈgenealness, homogeneity.
1755in Johnson. |