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Meaning of HETEROGENEITY

Pronunciation:  `heturowju'neeitee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind
 
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 Synonyms: heterogeneousness
 
 Antonyms: homogeneity, homogeneousness
 
 See Also: diverseness, diversity, multifariousness, nonuniformity, variety

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Het`er*o*ge*ne"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F.
h['e]t['e]rog['e]n['e]it['e].]
The state of being heterogeneous; contrariety.
      The difference, indeed the heterogeneity, of the two
      may be felt.                             --Coleridge.
 

 

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