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   Ho·mo·ge·ne·ous

   /ˌhōməˈjēnēəs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. of the same kind; alike: "timbermen prefer to deal with homogeneous woods" Similar similarcomparableequivalentlikeanalogouscorrespondingcorrespondentparallelmatchingkindredrelatedcorrelativecongruentcognateOpposite differentdissimilar
   • ▪ consisting of parts all of the same kind: "culturally speaking the farmers constitute an extremely homogeneous group" Similar uniformidenticalunvariedunvaryingconsistentsimilarundistinguishablealikeall alikeof the same kindmuch the sameall the samethe sameall oneall of a pieceinformal:much of a muchnessOpposite heterogeneous
   • ▪ containing terms all of the same degree.

   Word Origin early 17th century (as homogeneity): from medieval Latin homogeneus, from Greek homogenēs, from homos ‘same’ + genos ‘race, kind’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. homogeneously adverb
   • 2. homogeneousness noun

   Scrabble Points: 17

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