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- Dictionaryhomogeneous/ˌhəʊmə(ʊ)ˈdʒiːnɪəs/
adjective
- 1. of the same kind; alike: "if all jobs and workers were homogeneous" Similar Opposite
- 2. denoting a process involving substances in the same phase (solid, liquid, or gaseous): "homogeneous catalysis"
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HOMOGENEOUS definition: 1. consisting of parts or people that are similar to each other or are of the same type: 2…. Learn more.
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.
Homogeneous definition: composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind; not heterogeneous. See examples of HOMOGENEOUS used in a sentence.
HOMOGENEOUS meaning: 1. consisting of parts or people that are similar to each other or are of the same type: 2…. Learn more.
equivalent of something. equivalent to something. non-distinctive. not make any difference idiom. of the kind idiom. one and the same idiom. respecter. synonymous. See more results » (Definition of homogenous from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of homogenous. homogenous.
If a group of things are homogeneous, they're all the same or similar, like a room full of identically dressed Elvis impersonators. The adjective homogeneous comes from the Greek homogenes, meaning “of the same kind.”.
Homogeneous is used to describe a group or thing which has members or parts that are all the same.
1. Consisting of parts that are the same; uniform in structure or composition: "a tight-knit, homogeneous society" (James Fallows). 2. Of the same or similar nature or kind: "Professional archivists ... developed more or less homogeneous conservation practices" (David Howard). 3.
consisting of things or people that are all the same or all of the same type. a homogeneous group/mixture/population. a culturally homogeneous society. Old people are not a homogeneous group, as some people seem to think. opposite heterogeneous. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
In every context in which it’s used, homogenous is used to describe things that are essentially alike or uniform throughout—without any or much variation. The word homogeneous may sound a bit more technical than homogenous and it usually is.
