Thesaurus: heterogeneous

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1. a. Differing in kind; having unlike qualities; possessed of different characteristics; dissimilar; -- opposed to homogeneous, and said of two or more connected objects, or of a conglomerate mass, considered in respect to the parts of which it is made up.
2. adj. consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature
3. adj. originating outside the body
4. Differing in kind; having unlike qualities; possessed of different characteristics; dissimilar; -- opposed to homogeneous, and said of two or more connected objects, or of a conglomerate mass, considered in respect to the parts of which it is made up. -- Het`er*o*ge"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Het`er*o*ge"ne*ous*ness, n. Heterogeneous nouns (Gram.), nouns having different genders in the singular and plural numbers; as, hic locus, of the masculine gender in the singular, and hi loci and hæc loca, both masculine and neuter in the plural; hoc cælum, neuter in the singular; hi cæli, masculine in the plural. -- Heterogeneous quantities (Math.), such quantities as are incapable of being compared together in respect to magnitude, and surfaces and solids. -- Heterogeneous surds (Math.), surds having different radical signs.
5. Differing in kind; having unlike qualities; possessed ofdifferent characteristics; dissimilar; -- opposed to homogeneous, andsaid of two or more connected objects, or of a conglomerate mass,considered in respect to the parts of which it is made up.-- Het`er*o*ge"ne*ous*ly, adv.-- Het`er*o*ge"ne*ous*ness, n. Heterogeneous nouns (Gram.), nounshaving different genders in the singular and plural numbers; as, hiclocus, of the masculine gender in the singular, and hi loci and hæcloca, both masculine and neuter in the plural; hoc cælum, neuter inthe singular; hi cæli, masculine in the plural.-- Heterogeneous quantities (Math.), such quantities as areincapable of being compared together in respect to magnitude, andsurfaces and solids.-- Heterogeneous surds (Math.), surds having different radicalsigns.
6. j:100 a. consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature