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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Heterogeneous \Het`er*o*ge"ne*ous\, a. [Gr. ?; ? + ? race, kind akin to E. kin: cf F. h['e]t['e]rog[`e]ne.] 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 -- {Het`er*o*ge"ne*ous*ly}, adv -- {Het`er*o*ge"ne*ous*ness}, n. {Heterogeneous nouns} (Gram.), nouns having different genders in the singular and plural numbers; as hic locus, of the masculine gender in the singular, and hi loci and h[ae]c loca, both masculine and neuter in the plural; hoc c[ae]lum, neuter in the singular; hi c[ae]li, masculine in the plural. {Heterogeneous quantities} (Math.), such quantities as are incapable of being compared together in respect to magnitude, and surfaces and solids. {Heterogeneous surds} (Math.), surds having different radical signs. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: heterogeneous adj 1: consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature; "the population of the United States is vast and heterogeneous" [ant: {homogeneous}] 2: originating outside the body [syn: {heterogenous}] [ant: {autogenous}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: heterogeneous Composed of unrelated parts different in kind Often used in the context of {distributed systems} that may be running different {operating systems} or network {protocols} (a {heterogeneous network}). For examples see: {interoperable database}, {middleware}. Constrast {homogeneous}. (1999-05-06)
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