heterogeneous
UK/ˌhɛt.(ə.)ɹəˈd͡ʒiː.nɪəs//ˌhɛt.(ə.)ɹəˈd͡ʒiː.ni.əs/
heterogeneous adjective: diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts.
Adjective
heterogeneous (comparative more heterogeneous, superlative most heterogeneous)
- Diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts.
- He had a large and heterogeneous collection of books.
- With a vague curiosity I began to trace the outline of some of the heterogeneous impressions, trying meanwhile to curb the flights of macabre fancy which the place and its memories suggested.1931, H. P. Lovecraft, chapter 6, in The Whisperer in Darkness
- Synonyms:
- heterologous
- Incommensurable because of different kinds.
- Having more than one phase (solid, liquid, gas) present in a system or process.
- Visibly consisting of different components.
- Of a network comprising different types of computers, potentially with vastly differing memory sizes, processing power and even basic underlying architecture; alternatively, of a data resource with multiple types of formats.
heterogeneous meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
heterogeneous in Hindi
- विजातीय
heterogeneous in Tamil
- பலவகைப்பட்ட, பல்வேறான, பலபடித்தான, பல்படித்தான, பல்லினமான, பலவகை
heterogeneous in Marathi
- विजातीय
heterogeneous in Urdu
- ان میل, مختلف طرح کا
More languagesFewer languages
- heterogeneous in Bengali
- ভিন্নধর্মী, বিজাতীয় উপাদানে গঠিত
- heterogeneous in Telugu
- విజాతి vijāti, విభిన్న vibhinna
- heterogeneous in Malayalam
- ഭിന്നാത്മകം, വ്യത്യസ്തഗുണമുള്ള, ഭിന്നജാതീയ, നാനാവിധത്തിലുള്ള
- heterogeneous in Kannada
- ವೈವಿಧ್ಯದ, ವಿಭಿನ್ನ ಅಂಶಗಳ, ಕಲಬೆರಕೆಯ, ಸಂಕರದ
- heterogeneous in Gujarati
- વિજાતીય
- heterogeneous in Nepali
- विजातीय
- heterogeneous in Tagalog
- dam-uriin
- heterogeneous in Indonesian
- heterogen
- heterogeneous in Persian
- ناهملوناء
Examples of heterogeneous in a sentence
- But the summit will also show the limits of what a heterogeneous “global south” can achieve.
- The peribacteroid space widened locally and bacteroids' cytoplasm became heterogeneous (Fig 5E ).
- Development should purpositively target these differences (treating communities as heterogeneous rather than homogenous groups.
Synonyms of heterogeneous
- heterologous
- diverse
- manifold
- catholic
- dishomogeneous
- diversified
- eclectic
- liberal
- miscellaneous
- mixed
Antonyms
Forms of heterogeneous
| comparative | more heterogeneous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most heterogeneous |
| alternative uncommon | heterogenous |
Origin of heterogeneous
From Medieval Latin heterogeneus, from Ancient Greek ἑτερογενής (heterogenḗs, “of different kinds”), from ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another, different”) + γένος (génos, “kind”). Compare hetero- and -ous.
Words formed from heterogeneous
Phrases with heterogeneous
Questions about heterogeneous
- What does heterogeneous mean?
- Heterogeneous means diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts.
- What is heterogeneous in Hindi?
- Heterogeneous in Hindi is विजातीय. See Heterogeneous meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is heterogeneous?
- Heterogeneous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce heterogeneous?
- Heterogeneous is pronounced /ˌhɛt.(ə.)ɹəˈd͡ʒiː.nɪəs/ (UK).
Words near heterogeneous in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: heterogeneous (page history and authors); heterogeneous (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); heterogeneous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); heterogeneous (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); heterogeneous (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); heterogeneous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); heterogeneous (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); heterogeneous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); heterogeneous (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); heterogeneous (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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