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heterogeneous

/ˌhɛt.ə.rəˈdʒiː.ni.əs/
het · er · o · ge · ne · ous
Adverb:heterogeneously
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1

Diverse in character or content; composed of many different, varied, or unrelated elements.

Example

"The metropolitan university attracts a remarkably heterogeneous student body from over eighty countries."

2

Consisting of distinct phases or non-uniform components that remain physically separate, such as a solid suspended in a liquid (in chemistry and physics).

Example

"Oil and water form a heterogeneous mixture because the two liquids do not dissolve into one another."

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Word Origin & Etymology

Borrowed in the early 17th century from Medieval Latin heterogeneus, which derives from Ancient Greek heterogenēs, combining heteros ('other' or 'different') and genos ('kind' or 'race').

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Heterogeneous. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/heterogeneous
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