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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary het·ero·ge·neous ETYMOLOGY Medieval Latin heterogeneus, from Greek heterogenēs, from heter- + genos kind — more at kin DATE 1630 : consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed • het·ero·ge·neous·ly adverb • het·ero·ge·neous·ness noun English Etymology heterogeneous 1624, from Gk. heterogenes, from heteros "different" + genos"kind, gender, race stock" (see genus). Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 heterogeneous het·ero·ge·neous / 7hetErE5dVi:niEs / adjective (formal)consisting of many different kinds of people or things 由很多种类组成的；各种各样的: the heterogeneous population of the United States 由不同族裔组成的美国人口 OPP homogeneous • het·ero·gen·eity / -dVE5ni:Eti / noun [U] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: MISCELLANEOUS , assorted, chowchow, conglomerate, indiscriminate, mixed, motley, multifarious, promiscuous, varied Antonyms: homogeneous Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: heterogeneous ray 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 heterogeneous — Notes & 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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