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homogeneous

## homogeneous

```  3  definitions  found

From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]:

Homogeneous  \Ho`mo*ge"ne*ous\,  a.  [Gr.  ?;  ?  the  same  +  ?  race,
kind:  cf  F.  homog[`e]ne.  See  {Same},  and  {Kin}.]
1.  Of  the  same  kind  of  nature;  consisting  of  similar  parts
or  of  elements  of  the  like  nature;  --  opposed  to
heterogeneous;  as  homogeneous  particles,  elements,  or
principles;  homogeneous  bodies.

2.  (Alg.)  Possessing  the  same  number  of  factors  of  a  given
kind  as  a  homogeneous  polynomial.

From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]:

homogeneous
adj  :  of  the  same  or  similar  kind  or  nature;  "a  tight-knit
homogeneous  society"  [ant:  {heterogeneous}]

From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]:

homogeneous

(Or  "homogenous")  Of  uniform  nature,  similar  in  kind

1.  In  the  context  of  {distributed  systems},  {middleware}  makes
{heterogeneous}  systems  appear  as  a  homogeneous  entity.  For
example  see:  {interoperable  network}.

Constrast  {heterogeneous}.

2.    (Of  a  {polynomial})  containing  terms  of  the
same  degree  with  respect  to  all  the  variables,  as  in  x^2  +  2xy
+  y^2.

3.    (Of  a  {function})  containing  a  set  of
variables  such  that  when  each  is  multiplied  by  a  constant,
this  constant  can  be  eliminated  without  altering  the  value  of
the  function,  as  in  cos  x/y  +  x/y.

4.    (of  an  equation)  containing  a  homogeneous