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Heterogeneity   /hˌɛtərədʒɪnˈiəti/  /hˌɛtərədʒɪnˈeɪəti/   Listen
Heterogeneity

noun
1.
The quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind.  Synonym: heterogeneousness.






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"Heterogeneity" Quotes from Famous Books



... every conceivable finite thing. The fact that Herbert Spencer called a certain doctrine Individualism reflects nothing on the non-individualising quality of his primary assumptions and of his mental texture. He believed that individuality (heterogeneity) was and is an evolutionary product from an original homogeneity. It seems to me that the general usage is entirely for the limitation of the use of the word "science" to knowledge and the search after knowledge of a high degree of precision. And not simply the ...
— An Englishman Looks at the World • H. G. Wells

... have ever been equal for all the members alike nor ever can be. Throughout the evolutionist theory, as in its biological branch, the theory of descent—the great law of specialisation or differentiation—teaches us that a multiplicity of phenomena is developed from original unity, heterogeneity from original similarity, and the composite organism from original simplicity. The conditions of existence are dissimilar for each individual from the beginning of its existence; even the inherited qualities, the natural "disposition," ...
— Freedom in Science and Teaching. - from the German of Ernst Haeckel • Ernst Haeckel

... the nationals of each contracting party visiting the territories of the other shall be treated on the same footing as the nationals of the territories they visit. The reason, no doubt, was that the racial and religious heterogeneity of both Empires, and the differential treatment to which it gave rise in their respective internal administrations, could not be recognised internationally without grave risk of friction and controversy. The lesson was not lost on other States, especially those which desired to maintain their ...
— Notes on the Diplomatic History of the Jewish Question • Lucien Wolf



Words linked to "Heterogeneity" :   multifariousness, homogeneity, diversity, nonuniformity, heterogeneousness, variety, diverseness, heterogeneous



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