homogeneous

homogeneous
homogeneously, adv.
/hoh'meuh jee"nee euhs, -jeen"yeuhs, hom'euh-/, adj.
1. composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind; not heterogeneous: a homogeneous population.
2. of the same kind or nature; essentially alike.
3. Math.
a. having a common property throughout: a homogeneous solid figure.
b. having all terms of the same degree: a homogeneous equation.
c. relating to a function of several variables that becomes multiplied by some power of a constant when each variable is multiplied by that constant: x2y3 is a homogeneous expression of degree 5.
d. relating to a differential equation in which a linear combination of derivatives is set equal to zero.
[1635-45; < ML homogeneus, equiv. to homogene- (s. of Gk homogenés of the same kind; see HOMO-, GENE) + -us -OUS]
Syn. 1. unvarying, unmixed, alike, similar, identical.

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  • homogeneous — 1640s, from M.L. homogeneus, from Gk. homogenes of the same kind, from homos same (see HOMO (Cf. homo ) (1)) + genos kind, gender, race, stock (see GENUS (Cf. genus)). Earlier in this sense was homogeneal (c.1600) …   Etymology dictionary

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