heterogeneous

CEFRC1

/ˌhɛt.(ə.)ɹəˈd͡ʒiː.nɪəs/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Made up of different kinds of people or things.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Having more than one phase (solid, liquid, gas) present in a system or process.

Examples

  • It's a heterogeneous group, not a homogeneous one.

  • Tatoeba's corpus is heterogeneous in many dimensions.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˌhɛt.(ə.)ɹəˈd͡ʒiː.ni.əs/
  • /ˌhɛt.(ə.)ɹoʊˈd͡ʒiː.ni.əs/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Incommensurable because of different kinds.

  2. Diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts.

  3. Visibly consisting of different components.

More examples

In context

  • 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.

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Origin

adjective

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.