| Definitions | | heterogeneous |
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adjective
- diverse, Diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts.
- (mathematics) incommensurable, Incommensurable because of different kinds.
- (physics): Having more than one phase (solid, liquid, gas) present in a system or process.
- (chemistry): Visibly consisting of different components.
- (information technology): A network comprising different types of computers, potentially with vastly differing memory sizes, processing power and even basic underlying architecture. Alternatively, a data resource with multiple types of formats.
Translations: - Dutch: heterogeen, heterogene
- German: heterogen
- German, heterogen
- French: hétérogène
- Italian: eterogeneo
(trans-mid)
- Spanish: heterogéneo
Etymology: Prefix hetero- + gene + -ous.
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