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homogeneousho‧mo‧ge‧ne‧ous /ˌhəʊməˈdʒiːniəs◂ $ ˌhoʊ-/ ●○○ (also ho·mo·ge·nous /həˈmɒdʒɪnəs $ -ˈmɑː-/) adjective homogeneousOrigin: 1600-1700 Medieval Latin homogeneus, from Greek, from homos ( ➔ HOMO-) + genos ‘type’ - an ethnically homogeneous country
- Computers check whether each text is stylistically homogeneous.
- Women are not a homogeneous group.
- Even such popular futurists as Alvin and Heidi Toffler generally subsume women into a homogeneous, unisex future.
- In classifying the aim is to sort objects by their selected properties into homogeneous categories.
- The demand for sport is not a homogeneous demand.
- The world comes to appear homogeneous, isotropic, decentered.
- These plasma cells produce a homogeneous immunoglobulin protein which stains as a well-defined peak in the gamma region.
- Variables with normal distribution and homogeneous variance were compared by means of parametric tests, otherwise their non-parametric counterparts were used.
when something is the same in all its parts► uniform a thing or group that is uniform has the same appearance or characteristics in all its parts: · The temperature must be uniform in every area of the reactor.· The postal system operates a uniform price structure, so it always costs the same to send a letter.uniform in: · Grade A vegetables have to be uniform in size and without marks or blemishes. ► homogeneous formal having the same characteristics in every part, so that every single person or thing in a group is the same: · Women are not a homogeneous group.· Computers check whether each text is stylistically homogeneous. ADVERB► more· I am much more open-minded and less judgmental than if I had gone to a more homogeneous school.· Perceptions of Labour chances remained more predictable, though they too became rather more homogeneous as the campaign came to an end.· Despite his defeat, Labour is more homogeneous than it has ever been.· Others see the upper middle class as being more homogeneous.· In the new government of June 1983 the move to a more homogeneous Cabinet was continued. ► relatively· Conversely, producers in this situation tend to be a relatively homogeneous group, collegially organised. NOUN► group· There would seem to be three points of especial significance. 1 Carers are not a homogeneous group.· The poor are not a homogeneous group.· Providing for exceptional and individual needs may be more costly than providing for the average needs of fairly homogeneous groups of pupils.· The largest homogeneous group voting in favour was the urban middle class and that against was the rural poor.· The main difficulty is that the non-business sector is not a homogeneous group of organizations.· Conversely, producers in this situation tend to be a relatively homogeneous group, collegially organised.· A homogeneous group of, say, Challengers is not likely to be very successful.· As with other social groups informal carers are not a homogeneous group. ► product· First, we assume that there are only two industries, one producing a differentiated product and the other a homogeneous product.· We take the food industry to produce a homogeneous product and manufactures to be differentiated. consisting of people or things that are all of the same type → heterogeneous: a homogeneous society—homogeneously adverb |