homogeneous
pronunciation
How to pronounce homogeneous in British English:
UK [ˌhɒməˈdʒiːniəs]
How to pronounce homogeneous in American English:
US [ˌhoʊməˈdʒiːniəs]
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- Adjective:
- all of the same or similar kind or nature
Word Origin
- homogeneous (adj.)
- 1640s, from Medieval Latin homogeneus, from Greek homogenes "of the same kind," from homos "same" (see homo- (1)) + genos "kind, gender, race, stock" (see genus). Earlier in this sense was homogeneal (c. 1600).
Example
- 1. Homogeneous risk exposure is the key tosimple public insurance
- 2. But they are not a homogeneous group , so their impact varies .
- 3. Its society is relatively homogeneous but grievances abound after four decades of oppression .
- 4. Moreover , the securities are not homogeneous , which means that even an auction process would leave the aggregator bank with inferior assets through adverse selection .
- 5. To resolve this paradox , we need to recognise that this national state of innocence was in part willed into existence by pretending that norway 's political culture was a homogeneous one with no differences that could not be resolved by patient dialogue .