Heterogeneous vs. Heterogenous — Which is Correct Spelling?
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Which is correct: Heterogeneous or Heterogenous
How to spell Heterogeneous?
Heterogeneous
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Heterogenous
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Heterogeneous Definitions
Diverse in character or content
A large and heterogeneous collection
Also het·er·og·e·nous (hĕt′ə-rŏjə-nəs) Consisting of dissimilar elements or parts; not homogeneous.
Xenogeneic.
Diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts.
(mathematics) Incommensurable because of different kinds.
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Having more than one phase (solid, liquid, gas) present in a system or process.
(chemistry) Visibly consisting of different components.
(computing) Of a network comprising different types of computers, potentially with vastly differing memory sizes, processing power and even basic underlying architecture; alternatively, of a data resource with multiple types of formats.
Differing in kind; having unlike qualities; possessed of different characteristics; dissimilar; - opposed to homogeneous, and said of two or more connected objects, or of a conglomerate mass, considered in respect to the parts of which it is made up.
Consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature;
The population of the United States is vast and heterogeneous
Originating outside the body
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