heterogenous

adjective

het·​er·​og·​e·​nous ˌhe-tə-ˈrä-jə-nəs How to pronounce heterogenous (audio)

Examples of heterogenous in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In fact, certain elements of the nation’s heterogenous business community were deeply unhappy about their new tax burdens. Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024 The country's cooking is heterogenous, but there are filaments that connect the different regions' ways of feeding themselves. Scott Hocker, theweek, 3 Sep. 2024 The result is essentially AMD’s version of one of Intel’s E-cores, though without the truly heterogenous CPU architecture that has caused incompatibility problems with some apps and games. Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 3 June 2024 Those two countries are extremely homogenous, and Maryland is a very heterogenous state. Susan McComas, Baltimore Sun, 23 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for heterogenous 

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Word History

Etymology

hetero- + -genous, probably as regularization of heterogeneous

First Known Use

1695, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of heterogenous was in 1695

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Cite this Entry

“Heterogenous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heterogenous. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.

Medical Definition

heterogenous

adjective
het·​er·​og·​e·​nous ˌhet-ə-ˈräj-ə-nəs How to pronounce heterogenous (audio)
1
: originating in an outside source
especially : derived from another species
heterogenous bone grafts
2

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