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1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 25 Of such a councell..every parochiall Consistory is a right homogeneous and constituting part.

1664 H. More Apol. in Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 485 It may be..homogeneous enough to the natural Scope of our first Rule.

1781 S. Johnson Pope in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VII. 32 Of all homogeneous truths at least, of all truths respecting the same general end.

1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect ii. i. 374 Between the world and mind there is no comparison, the things are not homogeneous.

1879 A. W. Tourgée Fool's Errand xxiv. 147 To secure a development homogeneous with that of the North.

1708 S. Sewall Diary 20 Aug. (1973) I. 599 They..solicited me to Pray; I was loth, and advis'd them to send for Mr. Williams, as most natural, homogeneous.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. i. 52 Ice is a similary body, and homogeneous concretion. View more context for this quotation

1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 178 Some do hold that this Island was tied to France,..for if one..observe the rocks of the one and the cliffes of the other, he will judge them to be one homogeneous piece.

1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity I. v. 425 Man is an homogeneous being.

1796 G. Pearson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 86 421 It was of a perfectly homogeneous texture.

1863 J. F. Kirk Hist. Charles the Bold I. ii. i. 444 Here the population was homogeneous..without any foreign intermixture.

1869 J. Tyndall Notes 9 Lect. on Light 23 In the air this shifting of the rays..is often a source of grievous annoyance to the astronomer who needs a homogeneous atmosphere.

1672 I. Newton in Philos. Trans. 1671 (Royal Soc.) 6 3081 Light is not similar, or homogeneal, but consists of difform Rays, some of which are more refrangible than others.]

1783 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 73 97 An oblique pencil of homogeneous rays.

1863 E. Atkinson tr. A. Ganot Elem. Treat. Physics vii. iv. 406 In optical researches it is frequently of great importance to procure homogeneous or monochromatic light.

1897 E. L. Nichols & W. S. Franklin Elem. Physics III. vii. 73 Homogeneous light is sometimes called monochromatic light.

1913 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 89 246 The wave-length of a homogeneous beam of X-rays.

1942 W. B. Boast Illum. Engin. i. 3 Radiant energy from a gaseous-discharge source, such as mercury vapor,..consists of..one or more homogeneous component radiations.

1874 Proc. Royal Soc. 1873–4 22 30 The body may be either homogeneous throughout, as a continuous solid, or liquid, or gas; or it may be heterogeneous, as a mass of water and aqueous vapour (i.e. steam).

1878 J. W. Gibbs in Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts & Sci. III. 116 By homogeneous is meant that the part in question is uniform throughout, not only in chemical composition, but also in physical state.

1930 W. T. Hall Textbk. Quantitative Analysis xi. 135 A mixture of two solid substances is not homogeneous. A solution, on the other hand, is homogeneous when it is thoroughly mixed.

1940 C. N. Hinshelwood Kinetics Chem. Change iv. 70 A reaction may be partly homogeneous and partly heterogeneous.

1947 S. Glasstone Elem. Physical Chem. xviii. 587 Homogeneous reactions..take place entirely in one phase, either gas or solution.

1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) II. 547/1 If the catalyst is in the same phase as the reactants, the process is homogeneous catalysis... A homogeneous catalyst is molecularly dispersed (dissolved) in the reactants which are, most commonly, in the liquid state.

1947 C. Goodman Sci. & Engin. Nucl. Power I. ix. 273 The reactors are considered to be of two classes: heterogeneous and homogeneous. In the latter, the fissionable material is uniformly distributed throughout the active portion of the reactor.

1955 Times 10 Aug. 8/4 The so-called ‘homogeneous reactor’, in which the nuclear fuel is circulated in solution.

1964 M. Gowing Brit. & Atomic Energy 1939–45 x. 273 The possibilities of a homogeneous heavy water pile..were it is true not promising.

1695 W. Alingham Geom. Epitomiz'd 14 All Homogenious Magnitudes i.e. Magnitudes of the same kind, have a Proportion or Relation one to another.

1815 C. Hutton Math. & Philos. Dict. (ed. 2) Homogeneous Equations..in which the sum of the dimensions of x and y..rise to the same degree in all the terms.

1859 B. Smith Algebra (ed. 6) 201 The terms..are said to be of the Same Dimensions or Homogeneous, when the sum of the indices in each term is the same.

1879 Encycl. Brit. X. 408/1 For the proper development of the science [of analytical geometry] homogeneous coordinates..are required.

1882 H. Cox in Q. Jrnl. Pure & Appl. Math. 18 178 Homogeneous Coordinates in Imaginary Geometry and their Application to Systems of Forces.

1934 D. M. Y. Sommerville Analyt. Geom. Three Dimensions ii. 18 If [X, Y, Z] are the ordinary non-homogeneous coordinates..let X = x/w, Y = y/w, Z = z/w, then [x, y, z, w] are called the homogeneous cartesian coordinates.

1965 H. Eves Surv. Geom. II. x. 71 Homogeneous coordinates enable us to establish the important principle of duality of plane projective geometry.