Homogeneous



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 同类的, 相似的
• ［英］ adj. 同类的, 相似的 ( similar or identical)
• ［类］ 反义词: disparate ( 全异的)
• ［记］ homo ( 相同) +gene ( 产生) +ous -> 产生相同 -> 使一致
• ［例］ a homogeneous book collection: all on the Civil War

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Etymology: Medieval Latin homogeneus, homogenus, from Greek homogenēs, 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

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