Hypertext Webster Gateway: "homogeneous"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Homogeneous \Ho`mo*ge"ne*ous\, a. [Gr. ?; ? the same + ? race,
kind: cf. F. homog[`e]ne. See {Same}, and {Kin}.]
1. Of the same kind of nature; consisting of similar parts,
or of elements of the like nature; -- opposed to
heterogeneous; as, homogeneous particles, elements, or
principles; homogeneous bodies.

2. (Alg.) Possessing the same number of factors of a given
kind; as, a homogeneous polynomial.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

homogeneous
adj : all of the same or similar kind or nature; "a close-knit
homogeneous group" [syn: {homogenous}] [ant: {heterogeneous}]


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