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单词 heterogeneous
释义 het·er·o·ge·neous
\| ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷) ̷ ̷|jēnēəs, -nyəs, Brit sometimes -|jen-\ adjective
Etymology: Medieval Latin heterogeneus, from Greek heterogenēs, from hetero- heter- + -genēs born — more at -gen
1. : differing in kind
 < a heterogeneous population — L.W.Doob >
 < genetically heterogeneous >
2. : consisting of dissimilar ingredients or constituents
 < heterogeneous substances >
 < a town may be culturally or economically heterogeneousNotes & Queries on Anthropology >
: having different values, opinions, or backgrounds
 < the family is heterogeneous enough to make quite a good party in itself — Rose Macaulay >
3.
 a. : made up of parts or elements that are not unified, compatible, or proportionate
  < no heterogeneous hotchpotch but a book with an underlying unity — Roger Pippett >
 b. : incapable of comparison in respect to magnitude : being incommensurable
  < volume and area are heterogeneous quantities >
4. : having different genders in the singular and plural number
 < Latin locus “place”, which is masculine but has a neuter plural loca, is a heterogeneous noun >
5. : possessed of unlike quality or meanings : disparate
 < not all the artists who painted … him from life were competent, and their results are heterogeneous — J.C.Fitzpatrick >
6. : not uniform in structure or composition
 < the heterogeneous earth >
 < a heterogeneous weld >
 < tumors which have a heterogeneous composition by reason of structure and presence of necrosis — Year Book of Endocrinology >
 < the beam of x ray is not … monochromatic but heterogeneous, containing wavelengths over a large range — Medical Physics >
7. : relating to or occurring in or being a system that is not uniform throughout but consists of phases separated by boundaries (as solid-solid phases, solid-liquid phases, or solid-liquid-vapor phases)
 < heterogeneous reaction >
het·er·o·ge·neous·ly adverb
het·er·o·ge·neous·ness noun -es
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