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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HOMOGE'NEOUS, a. [Gr. like, and kind.] Of the same kind or nature; consisting of similar parts, or of elements of the like nature. Thus we say, homogeneous particles, elements or principles; homogeneous bodies.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Medieval Latin homogeneus, homogenus, from Greek homogen?s, from hom- + genos kind — more at kin Date: 1641 1. of the same or a similar kind or nature 2. of uniform structure or composition throughout <a culturally homogeneous neighborhood> 3. having the property that if each variable is replaced by a constant times that variable the constant can be factored out ; having each term of the same degree if all variables are considered <a homogeneous equation> • homogeneously adverb • homogeneousness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 of the same kind. 2 consisting of parts all of the same kind; uniform. 3 Math. containing terms all of the same degree. Derivatives: homogeneity n. homogeneously adv. homogeneousness n. Etymology: med.L homogeneus f. Gk homogenes (as HOMO-, genes f. genos kind)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also homogenous Homogeneous is used to describe a group or thing which has members or parts that are all the same. (FORMAL) The unemployed are not a homogeneous group... ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Uniform, of uniform structure, of one kind throughout, of the same nature throughout, all alike.

Moby Thesaurus

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