homogeneous

English

Alternative forms

• homogenous (may be considered incorrect; see usage note at homogenous)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin homogeneus, from Ancient Greek ὁμογενής (homogenḗs, “of the same race, family or kind”), from ὁμός (homós, “same”) + γένος (génos, “kind”). Compare homo- (“same”) and -ous (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌhɒ.mə(ʊ)ˈdʒiː.nɪəs/, /ˌhəʊ.mə(ʊ)ˈdʒiː.nɪəs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌhoʊ.moʊˈdʒiː.njəs/, /ˌhoʊ.məˈdʒiː.njəs/, /ˌhoʊ.moʊˈdʒɛ.njəs/

Adjective

homogeneous (not comparable)

1. Of the same kind; alike, similar.
2. Having the same composition throughout; of uniform make-up.
   • 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.25:

     Their citizens were not of homogeneous origin, but were from all parts of Greece.

3. (chemistry) in the same state of matter.
4. (mathematics) Of which the properties of a smaller set apply to the whole; scalable.

   The function $f(x,y)=x^{2}+y^{2}$ is homogeneous of degree 2 because $f(\alpha x,\alpha y)=\alpha ^{2}f(x,y)$.

Antonyms

• heterogeneous

Derived terms

Terms derived from homogeneous

• bihomogeneous
• homogeneous broadening
• homogeneous catalysis
• homogeneous coordinate
• homogeneous function
• homogeneous ideal
• homogeneously
• homogeneous mixture

• homogeneousness
• homogeneous number
• homogeneous polynomial
• homogeneous radiation
• homogeneous society
• homogeneous space
• homogeneous system

• inhomogeneous
• nonhomogeneous
• prehomogeneous
• subhomogeneous
• superhomogeneous
• ultrahomogeneous
• unhomogeneous

Related terms

• homogeneity
• homogenise, homogenize

Translations

of the same kind; alike, similar

• Afrikaans: homogeen
• Albanian: homogjen (sq)
• Bulgarian: еднороден (bg) (ednoroden)
• Catalan: homogeni (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 同質 (zh), 同质 (zh) (tóngzhí, tóngzhì)

• Czech: stejnorodý, homogenní
• Dutch: homogeen (nl)
• Finnish: samanlainen (fi), homogeeninen (fi)
• French: homogène (fr)
• Galician: homoxéneo (gl)
• German: homogen (de), gleichartig (de)
• Greek: ομοιογενής (el) m, f (omoiogenís), ομογενής (el) m, f (omogenís)
• Hungarian: homogén (hu)
• Icelandic: einsleitur m, einleitur m, eingerður m, samkynja m, samleitur m

• Irish: aonchineálach
• Italian: omogeneo (it)
• Japanese: 均質 (きんしつ, kinshitsu), 同質 (どうしつ, dōshitsu)
• Manx: cocheintagh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: homogen (no)

  Nynorsk: homogen

• Polish: jednorodny (pl) m, jednolity (pl) m
• Portuguese: homogêneo (pt), homogéneo (pt)
• Romanian: omogen (ro) m, omogenă f
• Russian: одноро́дный (ru) (odnoródnyj), гомоге́нный (ru) (gomogénnyj), единообра́зный (ru) (jedinoobráznyj)
• Spanish: homogéneo (es)
• Swedish: homogen (sv), enhetlig (sv)
• Tagalog: tulad-uriin
• Telugu: సజాతి (te) (sajāti)

having the same composition throughout

• Bulgarian: еднороден (bg) (ednoroden), хомогенен (bg) (homogenen)
• Finnish: tasa-aineinen, homogeeninen (fi)
• French: homogène (fr)
• Italian: omogeneo (it)
• Portuguese: homogêneo (pt)

• Spanish: homogéneo (es)
• Swedish: homogen (sv)
• Tagalog: tulad-uriin

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} العربيه: متجانس‏‎

• Urdu: ^{(please verify)} [script needed] (aik jaisa)

Further reading

• homogeneous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• homogeneous in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• homogeneous at OneLook Dictionary Search