heterogeneity

noun
het·​ero·​ge·​ne·​i·​ty | \ ˌhe-tə-rō-jə-ˈnē-ə-tē How to pronounce heterogeneity (audio) , ˌhe-trō- \

Definition of heterogeneity

: the quality or state of consisting of dissimilar or diverse elements : the quality or state of being heterogeneous cultural heterogeneity

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Examples of heterogeneity in a Sentence

the cultural heterogeneity of its residents is a point of pride for the city
Recent Examples on the Web Organized by Facebook Open Arts in partnership with We the Culture and ArtBridge, Not a Monolith was established to show the heterogeneity of Black art. New York Times, 24 June 2021 Malinowski is careful to insist upon the heterogeneity of the German nobility and recognizes that there were exceptions to all of his generalizations. Christopher R. Browning, The New York Review of Books, 15 June 2021 The heterogeneity of the US population in terms of wants, needs, and desires means that the loss of choice that inevitably comes from using a super app will be rejected by a large number of Americans. Ron Shevlin, Forbes, 26 May 2021 But according to a recent study by Behjati and his colleagues in Nature, human placentas routinely consist of a quilt of different genotypes, and this strange heterogeneity may actually play a role in protecting the fetus from genetic harm. Quanta Magazine, 8 Apr. 2021 Yet, this information can better explain the heterogeneity in firm behavior and its results in terms of, for example, acquisition. Hec Paris Insights, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021 At the very least, the term disorder suggests a common causal structure, which goes against all our current knowledge on causal heterogeneity in psychiatry. Sarah Durston, Scientific American, 8 Mar. 2021 Despite their different priorities, the three shared a vision of India that preserved its historic heterogeneity, where secularism meant not an absence of religion from the public sphere but a benign, if sometimes mushy, affinity for all faiths. New York Times, 1 Dec. 2020 The heterogeneity of the United States compared with smaller countries led the Trump administration to discard a uniform national policy in favor of supporting states’ efforts to develop policies tailored to their own unique circumstances. Eric Sun, National Review, 19 Nov. 2020

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First Known Use of heterogeneity

1641, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for heterogeneity

see heterogeneous

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The first known use of heterogeneity was in 1641

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15 Jul 2021

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“Heterogeneity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heterogeneity. Accessed 9 Aug. 2021.

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heterogeneity

noun
het·​ero·​ge·​ne·​ity | \ ˌhet-ə-rō-jə-ˈnē-ət-ē, ˌhe-trō- How to pronounce heterogeneity (audio) \
plural heterogeneities

Medical Definition of heterogeneity

: the quality or state of being heterogeneous

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