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homogeneous

English

Alternative forms

  • homogenous (may be considered incorrect; see usage note at homogenous)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin homogeneus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (homogen?s, of the same race, family or kind), from ???? (homós, same) + ????? (génos, kind). Compare homo- (same) and -ous (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?h?.m?(?)?d?i?.n??s/, /?h??.m?(?)?d?i?.n??s/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?ho?.mo??d?i?.nj?s/, /?ho?.m??d?i?.nj?s/, /?ho?.mo??d??.nj?s/

Adjective

homogeneous (not comparable)

  1. Of the same kind; alike, similar.
  2. Having the same composition throughout; of uniform make-up.
    • 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.25:
      Their citizens were not of homogeneous origin, but were from all parts of Greece.
  3. (chemistry) in the same state of matter.
  4. (mathematics) Of which the properties of a smaller set apply to the whole; scalable.
    The function f ( x , y ) = x 2 + y 2 {\displaystyle f(x,y)=x^{2}+y^{2}} is homogeneous of degree 2 because f ( ? x , ? y ) = ? 2 f ( x , y ) {\displaystyle f(\alpha x,\alpha y)=\alpha ^{2}f(x,y)} .

Antonyms

  • heterogeneous

Derived terms

Related terms

  • homogeneity
  • homogenise, homogenize

Translations

Further reading

  • homogeneous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • homogeneous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • homogeneous at OneLook Dictionary Search

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oophagy

English

Etymology

From oo- +? -phagy.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /????f?d?i/

Noun

oophagy (uncountable)

  1. (zoology) The cannibalization of subordinate eggs within a homogeneous population or the uterus; particularly as it relates to certain insect and aquatic species. [from 19th c.]
    • 2015, Theo Tait, ‘Don't wear yum-yum yellow’, London Review of Books, vol. 34 no. 15:
      A number of shark species go in for oophagy, or uterine cannibalism.

Synonyms

  • adelphophagy
  • embryophagy

Related terms

  • oophagic
  • oophagous

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