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   heterogeneous

   /ˌhɛt(ə)rəˈdʒiːnɪəs/

   adjective

   • 1. diverse in character or content: "a large and heterogeneous collection"
   • ▪ of or denoting a process involving substances in different phases (solid, liquid, or gaseous): "heterogeneous catalysis"
   • ▪ incommensurable through being of different kinds, degrees, or dimensions.

   Word Origin early 17th century: from medieval Latin heterogeneus, from Greek heterogenēs, from heteros ‘other’ + genos ‘a kind’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. heterogeneously adverb
   • 2. heterogeneousness noun

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