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heterologous

heterologous adjective: having different relationships or different elements.

Adjective

heterologous (comparative more heterologous, superlative most heterologous)

  1. Having different relationships or different elements
  2. Of, or relating to different species

heterologous meaning in Tamil

heterologous in Tamil

வற்றிய

Synonyms of heterologous

Antonyms

Forms of heterologous

comparativemore heterologous
superlativemost heterologous

Origin of heterologous

By surface analysis, heterologue + -ous, or, by surface analysis, heterology + -ous.

Words formed from heterologous

Questions about heterologous

What does heterologous mean?
Heterologous means having different relationships or different elements.
What is heterologous in Tamil?
Heterologous in Tamil is வற்றிய. See Heterologous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is heterologous?
Heterologous is an adjective.

Words near heterologous in the dictionary

  1. heterologic
  2. heterological
  3. heterologicality
  4. heterologically
  5. heterologies
  6. heterologous
  7. heterologous desensitisation
  8. heterologous desensitization
  9. heterologously
  10. heterologue
  11. heterologues

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Adapted from Wiktionary: heterologous (page history and authors); heterologous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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