homogeneous

English

Alternative forms

homogenous (may be considered incorrect; see usage note at §§ Usage notes)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin homogeneus, from Ancient Greek ὁμογενής (homogenḗs, “of the same race, family or kind”), from ὁμός (homós, “same”) + γένος (génos, “kind”). Compare homo- (“same”) and -ous (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌhɒ.mə(ʊ)ˈdʒiː.nɪəs/, /ˌhəʊ.mə(ʊ)ˈdʒiː.nɪəs/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌhoʊ.moʊˈd͡ʒiː.njəs/, /ˌhoʊ.məˈd͡ʒiː.njəs/, /ˌhoʊ.moʊˈd͡ʒɛ.njəs/, /həˈmɑ.d͡ʒə.nəs/
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Adjective

homogeneous (not comparable)

Of the same kind; alike, similar.
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.
(chemistry) In the same state of matter.
(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
inhomogeneous

Derived terms

bihomogeneous
homogeneous broadening
homogeneous catalysis
homogeneous coordinate
homogeneous equilibrium
homogeneous function
homogeneous ideal
homogeneously
homogeneous mixture
homogeneousness
homogeneous number
homogeneous polynomial
homogeneous radiation
homogeneous society
homogeneous space
homogeneous system
homogeneous width
inhomogeneous
nonhomogeneous
prehomogeneous
subhomogeneous
superhomogeneous
ultrahomogeneous
unhomogeneous

Related terms

homogeneity
homogenise, homogenize

Translations

of the same kind; alike, similar

Afrikaans: homogeen
Albanian: homogjen (sq)
Armenian: միատարր (hy) (miatarr), համասեռ (hy) (hamaseṙ)
Bulgarian: еднороден (bg) (ednoroden)
Catalan: homogeni (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 同質／同质 (zh) (tóngzhí, tóngzhì)
Czech: stejnorodý, homogenní
Dutch: homogeen (nl)
Finnish: samanlainen (fi), homogeeninen (fi)
French: homogène (fr)
Galician: homoxéneo (gl)
German: homogen (de), gleichartig (de)
Greek: ομογενής (el) (omogenís), ομοιογενής (el) (omoiogenís)
Hungarian: homogén (hu)
Icelandic: einsleitur, einleitur, eingerður, samkynja, samleitur
Irish: aonchineálach
Italian: omogeneo (it)
Japanese: 均質 (ja) (きんしつ, kinshitsu), 同質 (ja) (どうしつ, dōshitsu)
Kazakh: гомогендік (gomogendık), біртекті (bırtektı)
Macedonian: еднообразен (ednoobrazen), еднороден (ednoroden), хомоген (homogen)
Manx: cocheintagh
Norwegian:
Bokmål: homogen (no)
Nynorsk: homogen
Polish: jednorodny (pl), jednolity (pl)
Portuguese: homogêneo (pt), homogéneo (pt)
Romanian: omogen (ro)
Russian: одноро́дный (ru) (odnoródnyj), гомоге́нный (ru) (gomogénnyj), единообра́зный (ru) (jedinoobráznyj)
Spanish: homogéneo (es)
Swedish: homogen (sv), enhetlig (sv)
Tagalog: tulad-uriin
Telugu: సజాతి (te) (sajāti)

having the same composition throughout

Armenian: համասեռ (hy) (hamaseṙ)
Bulgarian: еднороден (bg) (ednoroden), хомогенен (bg) (homogenen)
Catalan: homogeni (ca)
Finnish: tasa-aineinen, homogeeninen (fi)
French: homogène (fr)
Italian: omogeneo (it)
Macedonian: еднороден (ednoroden), еднообразен (ednoobrazen), хомоген (homogen)
Portuguese: homogêneo (pt)
Spanish: homogéneo (es)
Swedish: homogen (sv)
Tagalog: tulad-uriin

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Arabic: ^{(please verify)} العربيه متجانس‎
Urdu: ^{(please verify)} ایک جیسا‎ (aik jaisa)