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homogeneous

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ho·mo·ge·ne·ous /ˌhəʊməˈdʒiːniəs◂ $ ˌhoʊ-/ ●○○ (also homogenous /həˈmɒdʒɪnəs $ -ˈmɑː-/) adjective  SAMEconsisting of people or things that are all of the same type 由同种族人组成的;由同类组成的 heterogeneous a homogeneous society 同种族人组成的社会homogeneously adverb
Examples from the Corpus
homogeneousComputers check whether each text is stylistically homogeneous.In classifying the aim is to sort objects by their selected properties into homogeneous categories.an ethnically homogeneous countryThe demand for sport is not a homogeneous demand.Women are not a homogeneous group.These plasma cells produce a homogeneous immunoglobulin protein which stains as a well-defined peak in the gamma region.The world comes to appear homogeneous, isotropic, decentered.Even such popular futurists as Alvin and Heidi Toffler generally subsume women into a homogeneous, unisex future.Variables with normal distribution and homogeneous variance were compared by means of parametric tests, otherwise their non-parametric counterparts were used.
Origin homogeneous (1600-1700) Medieval Latin homogeneus, from Greek, from homos ( → HOMO-) + genos type
are that consisting people of or things Corpus all of the


homogeneous
homogeneous /ˌhəʊməˈdʒiːniəs◂ $ ˌhoʊ-/ (also ho·mo·ge·nous /həˈmɒdʒənəs, həˈmɒdʒɪnəs $ -ˈmɑː-/) adjective
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: Medieval Latin
 Origin: homogeneus, from Greek, from homos ( homo-) + genos 'type'
consisting of people or things that are all of the same type ⇨ heterogeneous:
    a homogeneous society
—homogeneously adverb


homo·ge·neousBrE /ˌhɒməˈdʒiːniəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˌhoʊməˈdʒiːniəs/ 🔊 (also homo·gen·ous BrE /həˈmɒdʒənəs/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmɑːdʒənəs/ 🔊) adjective (formal) consisting of things or people that are all the same or all of the same type 由同类事物(或人)组成的;同种类的a homogeneous group/mixture/population相同成分组成的群体/混合物;同类人口 OPP heterogeneous