'Heterogeneous' definitions:
Definition of 'heterogeneous'
From: WordNet
adjective
Consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature; "the population of the United States is vast and heterogeneous" [syn: heterogeneous, heterogenous] [ant: homogeneous, homogenous]
adjective
Definition of 'Heterogeneous'
From: GCIDE
- Heterogeneous \Het`er*o*ge"ne*ous\, a. [Gr. ?; ? + ? race, kind; akin to E. kin: cf. F. h['e]t['e]rog[`e]ne.] Differing in kind; having unlike qualities; possessed of different characteristics; dissimilar; -- opposed to homogeneous, and said of two or more connected objects, or of a conglomerate mass, considered in respect to the parts of which it is made up. -- {Het`er*o*ge"ne*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Het`er*o*ge"ne*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
- Heterogeneous nouns (Gram.), nouns having different genders in the singular and plural numbers; as, hic locus, of the masculine gender in the singular, and hi loci and h[ae]c loca, both masculine and neuter in the plural; hoc c[ae]lum, neuter in the singular; hi c[ae]li, masculine in the plural.
- Heterogeneous quantities (Math.), such quantities as are incapable of being compared together in respect to magnitude, and surfaces and solids.
- Heterogeneous surds (Math.), surds having different radical signs. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'heterogeneous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amalgamated,
- ambiguous,
- ambivalent,
- amphibious,
- assorted,
- at odds,
- at variance,
- blended,
- combined,
- complex,
- composite,
- compound,
- compounded,
- conglomerate,
- contrary,
- contrasted,
- contrasting,
- dappled,
- departing,
- deviating,
- deviative,
- different,
- differentiated,
- differing,
- disaccordant,
- disagreeing,
- discordant,
- discrepant,
- discrete,
- discriminated,
- disjoined,
- disparate,
- dissimilar,
- dissonant,
- distinct,
- distinguished,
- divergent,
- diverging,
- divers,
- diverse,
- diversified,
- eclectic,
- equivocal,
- fifty-fifty,
- half-and-half,
- in disagreement,
- inaccordant,
- incompatible,
- incongruous,
- inconsistent,
- inconsonant,
- indiscriminate,
- inharmonious,
- intricate,
- ironic,
- irreconcilable,
- jumbled,
- many,
- many and various,
- many-sided,
- medley,
- mingled,
- miscellaneous,
- mixed,
- motley,
- multifaceted,
- multifarious,
- multinational,
- multiracial,
- of all sorts,
- patchy,
- pluralistic,
- poles apart,
- poles asunder,
- promiscuous,
- scrambled,
- separate,
- separated,
- several,
- sundry,
- syncretic,
- thrown together,
- unconformable,
- unequal,
- unlike,
- variant,
- varied,
- variegated,
- various,
- varying,
- widely apart,
- worlds apart