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heterogeneous
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin heterogeneus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (heterogen?s, “of different kinds”), from ?????? (héteros, “other, another, different”) + ????? (génos, “kind”). Compare hetero- and -ous.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /h?.t?.??.?d?i?.ni?.?s/, /h?.t?.??o.d??.n?s/, /?h?t.??.d?i?.n?s/, /?h?t.???.d?i?.n?s/
Adjective
heterogeneous (comparative more heterogeneous, superlative most heterogeneous)
- Diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts.
- 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 6:
- With a vague curiosity I began to trace the outline of some of the heterogeneous impressions, trying meanwhile to curb the flights of macabre fancy which the place and its memories suggested.
- 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 6:
- (mathematics) Incommensurable because of different kinds.
- (physics, chemistry) 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.
Synonyms
- (composed of diverse parts): diverse, manifold; See also Thesaurus:heterogeneous
Antonyms
- homogeneous
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- heterogeneous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- heterogeneous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- heterogeneous at OneLook Dictionary Search
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divergent
English
Etymology
From Latin dis- (“apart”) + vergere (“to turn”) + the adjectival suffix -ent.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /da??v??d??nt/, /d??v??d??nt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /d??v?d??nt/
Adjective
divergent (comparative more divergent, superlative most divergent)
- Growing further apart; diverging.
- 1995, Paul Kussmaul, Training The Translator, John Benjamins Publishing Co, p. 47:
- Divergent thinking and transformations are, of course, no novel phenomena. They have always occurred in the translation process, but perhaps we have not been fully aware of them, or have not been able to categorise them with sufficient precision until now.
- 1995, Paul Kussmaul, Training The Translator, John Benjamins Publishing Co, p. 47:
- (mathematics) Of a series, not converging; not approaching a limit.
- Disagreeing from something given; differing.
- a divergent statement
- Causing divergence of rays.
- a divergent lens
Related terms
- diverge
- converge
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- ridge vent
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin d?verg?ns.
Adjective
divergent (masculine and feminine plural divergents)
- divergent
Related terms
- divergir
Further reading
- “divergent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “divergent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “divergent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “divergent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology 1
From Latin d?verg?ns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.v??.???/
Adjective
divergent (feminine singular divergente, masculine plural divergents, feminine plural divergentes)
- divergent
Related terms
- diverger
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.v???/
Verb
divergent
- third-person plural present indicative of diverger
- third-person plural present subjunctive of diverger
Further reading
- “divergent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Etymology
From Latin divergens.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?div?????nt]
- Hyphenation: di?ver?gent
Adjective
divergent (comparative divergenter, superlative am divergentesten)
- divergent
Declension
Further reading
- “divergent” in Duden online
Latin
Verb
d?vergent
- third-person plural present active indicative of d?verge?
Romanian
Etymology
From French divergent
Adjective
divergent m or n (feminine singular divergent?, masculine plural divergen?i, feminine and neuter plural divergente)
- divergent
Declension
Swedish
Adjective
divergent
- divergent
- Antonym: konvergent
Declension
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