heterogeneous
adjEtymology
From Medieval Latin heterogeneus, from Ancient Greek ἑτερογενής (heterogenḗs, “of different kinds”), from ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another, different”) + γένος (génos, “kind”). Compare hetero- and -ous.
- derived from heterogeneus
Definitions
Diverse in kind or nature
Diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts.
- He had a large and heterogeneous collection of books.
- With a vague curiosity I began to trace the outline of some of the heterogeneous impressions, trying meanwhile to curb the flights of macabre fancy which the place and its memories suggested.
Incommensurable because of different kinds.
Having more than one phase (solid, liquid, gas) present in a system or process.
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Visibly consisting of different components.
Of a network comprising different types of computers, potentially with vastly differing…
Of a network comprising different types of computers, potentially with vastly differing memory sizes, processing power and even basic underlying architecture; alternatively, of a data resource with multiple types of formats.
The neighborhood
- synonymdiverse
- synonymmanifold
- synonymcatholic
- synonymdishomogeneous
- synonymdiversified
- synonymeclectic
- synonymheterogeneous
- synonymliberal
- synonymmiscellaneous
- synonymmixed
- synonymmotley
- synonymmultifarious
- antonymhomogeneous
- neighborheterogene
- neighborheterogeneal
- neighborheterogeneity
- neighborheterogeneous catalysis
- neighborheterogeneously
- neighborheterogeneous mixture
- neighborheterogeneousness
- neighborheterogenous
- neighborhodgepodge
- neighboruniformity
- neighborassorted
- neighboromnifarious
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at heterogeneous. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at heterogeneous. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at heterogeneous
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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