homogeneous

Definitions


[ˌhɒmə(ʊ)ˈdʒiːnɪəs], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- consisting of parts all of the same kind
(e.g: culturally speaking the farmers constitute an extremely homogeneous group)

- denoting a process involving substances in the same phase (solid, liquid, or gaseous)
(e.g: homogeneous catalysis)


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Origin:
early 17th century (as homogeneity): from medieval Latin homogeneus, from Greek homogenēs, from homos ‘same’ + genos ‘race, kind’




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