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

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

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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

• 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／同质 (zh) (tóngzhì), 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: ομογενής (el) (omogenís)
• Hungarian: homogén (hu)
• Icelandic: einsleitur m, einleitur m, eingerður m, samkynja m, samleitur m
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• Irish: aonchineálach
• Italian: omogeneo (it)
• Japanese: 均質 (ja) (きんしつ, kinshitsu), 同質 (ja) (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)
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• Portuguese: homogêneo (pt)
• Spanish: homogéneo (es)
• Swedish: homogen (sv)
• Tagalog: tulad-uriin

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Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} العربيه متجانس
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• Urdu: ^{(please verify)} ایک جیسا (aik jaisa)

Further reading

• “homogeneous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “homogeneous”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “homogeneous”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.