Definition of heterogeneous
: consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed an ethnically heterogeneous population
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Examples of heterogeneous in a Sentence
the seating in the hall was a heterogeneous collection of old school desk chairs, wood and metal folding chairs, and even a few plush theater seats
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Movies are dying from a lack of the heterogeneous, and Mills’s citations from Jamie’s readings are an admirable attempt at a corrective.
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Some have homogenous populations and others more heterogeneous.
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In the case of Egypt, a very heterogeneous group, largely secular.
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Mr. Gordon has drawn all the material from the heterogeneous archives of Visual AIDS, an organization that has been preserving, exhibiting and promoting work by H.I.V.-positive artists since 1988.
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There’s no quick fix, but Johnson and her colleagues say they are committed to engaging in the effort, and helping cadets navigate an increasingly heterogeneous Air Force after graduation.
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And as high schools see an increasingly heterogeneous student body, interest is growing, d’Entremont says.
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Founded by two Sun Microsystems alums, Active develops software designed to meld existing databases, packaged and internally developed apps, and legacy systems into a single, coherent system accessible through a heterogeneous network.
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Origin and Etymology of heterogeneous
Medieval Latin heterogeneus, from Greek heterogenēs, from heter- + genos kind — more at kin
First Known Use: 1630
HETEROGENEOUS Defined for English Language Learners
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: made up of parts that are different
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heterogeneous
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: not uniform in structure or composition tumors which have a heterogeneous composition by reason of structure and presence of necrosis—Year Book of Endocrinology
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