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Heterogeneity

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The quality or state of being heterogeneous.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Diversity

n. A composition of diverse parts

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The state of being heterogeneous; contrariety.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The character or state of being heterogeneous; composition from dissimilar parts; difference in kind or quality; disparateness; dissimilarity.

n. A dissimilarity of structure in different parts of an organism.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind

Word Usage

"Nate Silver's TED talk about race and heterogeneity is pretty strong throughout (though the reach of some of the conclusions exceeds the grasp of the data), but I most enjoyed the point about 8 minutes into the clip where he talks about the implications of cul de sacs in (sub) urban planning."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

nonuniformity

Cross Reference

physical heterogeneity law of heterogeneity lithological heterogeneity

Hyponym

diversity diverseness variety multifariousness

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

contrariety diversity difference

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

deity homogeneity laity spontaneity

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

isotropy variability coherence grouping disparity