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   homogeneous

   /ˌhəʊmə(ʊ)ˈdʒiːnɪəs/

   adjective

   • 1. of the same kind; alike: "if all jobs and workers were homogeneous" Similar similarcomparableequivalentlikeanalogouscorrespondingcorrespondentparallelmatchingkindredrelatedcorrelativecongruentcognateOpposite differentdissimilar
   • ▪ consisting of parts all of the same kind: "a homogeneous society" Similar uniformidenticalunvariedunvaryingconsistentsimilarundistinguishablealikeall alikeof the same kindmuch the sameall the samethe sameall oneall of a pieceinformal:much of a muchnessOpposite heterogeneous
   • ▪ containing terms all of the same degree.
   • 2. denoting a process involving substances in the same phase (solid, liquid, or gaseous): "homogeneous catalysis"

   Word Origin early 17th century (as homogeneity): from medieval Latin homogeneus, from Greek homogenēs, from homos ‘same’ + genos ‘race, kind’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. homogeneously adverb
   • 2. homogeneousness noun

   Scrabble Points: 17

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