different between homogenize vs homogeneous

English

Alternative forms

• homogenise (Commonwealth)

Etymology

From homogen(eous) +? -ize.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /h??m?d??na?z/
• (US) IPA^(key): /h??m??d??na?z/

Verb

homogenize (third-person singular simple present homogenizes, present participle homogenizing, simple past and past participle homogenized)

1. To make homogeneous, to blend or puree.
2. Specifically, to treat milk so that the cream no longer separates.

Related terms

• homogenization

Translations

See also

• Wikipedia article on homogenization
• Wikipedia article on homogenizer

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 ${\displaystyle f(x,y)=x^{2}+y^{2}}$ is homogeneous of degree 2 because ${\displaystyle f(\alpha x,\alpha y)=\alpha ^{2}f(x,y)}$.

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