heterogeneous : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: heterogeneous	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heterogeneous adj consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature; "the population of the United States is vast and heterogeneous" Synonym(s): heterogeneous, heterogenous Antonym(s): homogeneous, homogenous originating outside the body Synonym(s): heterogenous, heterogeneous Antonym(s): autogenic, autogenous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heterogeneous \Het`eroge"neous\, a. [Gr. [?]; [?] + [?] race, kind; akin to E. kin: cf. F. h[82]t[82]rog[8a]ne.] Differing in kind; having unlike qualities; possessed of different characteristics; dissimilar; -- opposed to homogeneous, and said of two or more connected objects, or of a conglomerate mass, considered in respect to the parts of which it is made up. -- {Het`eroge"neously}, adv. -- {Het`eroge"neousness}, n. {Heterogeneous* nouns} (Gram.), nouns having different genders in the singular and plural numbers; as, hic locus, of the masculine gender in the singular, and hi loci and h[91]c loca, both masculine and neuter in the plural; hoc c[91]lum, neuter in the singular; hi c[91]li, masculine in the plural. {Heterogeneous quantities} (Math.), such quantities as are incapable of being compared together in respect to magnitude, and surfaces and solids. {Heterogeneous surds} (Math.), surds having different radical signs.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
heterogeneous Composed of unrelated parts, different in kind. Often used in the context of {distributed systems} that may be running different {operating systems} or network {protocols} (a {heterogeneous network}). For examples see: {interoperable database}, {middleware}. Constrast {homogeneous}. (1999-05-06)