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nonhomogeneity

nonhomogeneity noun: absence of homogeneity.

Noun

nonhomogeneity (countable and uncountable, plural nonhomogeneities)

  1. Absence of homogeneity.
    • In the presence of a plasma nonhomogeneity, the chromatic refractive deflection also occurs, so the presence of plasma always makes gravitational lensing chromatic.2015, G. S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan, O. Yu. Tsupko, “Gravitational Lensing in Plasmic Medium”, in Plasma Physics Reports, volume 2015, pages 562–581

Forms of nonhomogeneity

pluralnonhomogeneities

Origin of nonhomogeneity

From non- + homogeneity.

Questions about nonhomogeneity

What does nonhomogeneity mean?
Nonhomogeneity means absence of homogeneity.
What part of speech is nonhomogeneity?
Nonhomogeneity is a noun.
What is the plural of nonhomogeneity?
The plural of nonhomogeneity is nonhomogeneities.

Words near nonhomogeneity in the dictionary

  1. nonhominid
  2. nonhominids
  3. nonhominin
  4. nonhominins
  5. nonhomoerotic
  6. nonhomogeneity
  7. nonhomogeneous
  8. nonhomogeneously
  9. nonhomogenized
  10. nonhomogenous
  11. nonhomologies

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