Main Entry: ho·mo·ge·neous

Pronunciation: \-ˈjē-nē-əs, -nyəs\

Function: adjective

Etymology: Medieval Latin homogeneus, homogenus, from Greek homogenēs, from hom- + genos kind — more at kin

Date: 1641

1 : of the same or a similar kind or nature
2 : of uniform structure or composition throughout <a culturally homogeneous neighborhood>
3 : having the property that if each variable is replaced by a constant times that variable the constant can be factored out : having each term of the same degree if all variables are considered <a homogeneous equation>

— ho·mo·ge·neous·ly adverb

— ho·mo·ge·neous·ness noun