heterogeneous

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. Source: opted

2. adj. consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature Source: wordnet

3. adj. originating outside the body Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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. Source: adambom

6. j:100 a. consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature Source: ecdict

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