homogenizev.
/həʊˈmɒdʒɪnʌɪz/ 1.
a. transitive. To render homogeneous; to unite or incorporate into a single whole of uniform composition; to make uniform or similar. Also figurative.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > bring or reduce to uniformity [verb (transitive)]
dismark1632
homogeneate1652
uniformc1681
monotonize1803
uniformalize1805
equalize1822
uniformize1866
homogenize1886
sausage1922
1886 Fortn. Rev. 40 201 The whole island [Ireland] would have become homogenized by the action of strong centripetal forces.
1908 Practitioner June 831 Nebel homogenises the sputum with lime-water.
1957 W. H. Whyte Organization Man xxiv. 323 In the new middle-class rhythm of life obligations are homogenized, for the overriding aim is to have oneself precommitted to regular, unvarying monthly payments on all the major items.
1964 M. McLuhan Understanding Media (1967) ii. x. 101 The new centralist power always takes action to homogenize as many marginal areas as possible.
1964 M. McLuhan Understanding Media (1967) ii. xxiii. 244 Any community that wants to..maximize the exchange of goods..has simply got to homogenize its social life.
1965 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Nov. 1063/3 To omit the commas..is in a sense to denature or homogenize the lines.
b. To subject (milk or another emulsion) to a process by which the suspended globules or droplets are broken up into smaller ones and distributed throughout the liquid, so that they have no tendency to collect into a cream.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > bring or reduce to uniformity [verb (transitive)] > emulsions, etc.
homogenize1904
1904 Sci. Amer. 16 Apr. 315/2 To the many methods of purifying, modifying, and preserving milk must now be added a process for homogenizing it so that it will keep almost indefinitely.
1913 Pharmaceut. Jrnl. 24 May 734/1 It has become the practice of the emulsion manufacturer to perfect his emulsions by the use of..the apparatus constructed for the dairyman and used..for homogenising milk.
1936 W. L. Davies Chem. Milk xii. 256 Gaulin..first conceived the idea of homogenising already existing emulsions, such as milk, so as to obtain greater stability.
1949 R. E. Kirk & D. F. Othmer Encycl. Chem. Technol. IV. 823 The purpose of homogenizing evaporated milk is to prevent fat separation in the manufactured product.
1971 Nature 29 Oct. 617/2 Machines with triple-piston pumps..are used extensively in..the dairy industry, for homogenizing milk, cream, ice-cream mix and other products.
c. To make (an alloy) more uniform in chemical composition by holding it at a high temperature for a period and then allowing it to cool slowly.
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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > subject to chemical reactions or processes [verb (transitive)] > subject to named chemical reaction or process > subject to homogenization
homogenize1924
1924 [see homogenizing n. and adj. at Derivatives].
1948 Metals Handbk. (Amer. Soc. Metals) 977/1 The [magnesium] alloys that contain aluminum may be homogenized in cast form.
1955 E. Johnson in W. C. Newell Casting of Steel x. 448 The practice of homogenizing alloy castings at 850°C to 950°C for one hour per inch of heaviest section is common.
1965 P. G. Shewmon in R. W. Cahn Physical Metall. viii. 372 This also indicates one reason why a wrought product is more easily homogenized..than a cast product.
d. To prepare a suspension of cell fragments and cell constituents from (tissue) by physical treatment in a liquid medium.
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the world > life > biology > laboratory analysis > processes > [verb (transitive)] > others
animalize1790
sterilize1891
ultrafilter1908
enucleate1909
homogenize1936
harvest1946
superfuse1953
bursectomize1958
perifuse1969
respirate1971
transfect1974
1936 Jrnl. Biol. Chem. 36 504 A new method for the study of tissue respiration is described in which the tissues are homogenized in a buffer medium by a high speed glass pestle.
1959 Sci. News 53 51 They killed the guinea-pig, rapidly dissected out its liver, and homogenized it in sugar solution in a Waring blendor.
1964 G. H. Haggis et al. Introd. Molecular Biol. ii. 31 The tissue is first homogenized, the cells being disrupted by the shearing forces of the homogenizer.
1971 Nature 10 Sept. 127/1 The brains were homogenized in cold distilled water (6 ml./brain) at 850 r.p.m. using a ‘Teflon’ pestle.
2. intransitive. To become homogeneous; to respond to homogenization.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > [verb (intransitive)] > be or become consistent or homogeneous
cohere1598
homogenize1938
1938 D. K. Bullens Steel & its Heat Treatm. (ed. 4) I. v. 131 The same procedure of air cooling may be used even upon steels that would readily homogenize at ordinary annealing temperatures.
1949 R. M. Brick & A. Phillips Struct. & Properties of Alloys (ed. 2) xi. 323 Small castings usually consist of very fine dendrites that homogenize quite readily with respect to C and Mn.
Derivatives
hoˈmogenizing n. and adj.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > [adjective] > making or made uniform
macadamized1827
uniformized1866
uniformizing1899
homogenizing1913
homogenized1935
1913 Pharmaceut. Jrnl. 24 May 734/1 The actual homogenising section of the machine is a valve formed by an agate cone which is pressed into a gun-metal seating.
1924 Z. Jeffries & R. S. Archer Sci. of Metals x. 353 The effect of a homogenizing treatment on the properties of an alloy.
1963 Times 14 Feb. 12/7 The curious homogenizing process of reaching a consensus.
1964 M. McLuhan Understanding Media (1967) ii. xxxi. 344 The homogenizing power of the literate process had gone further in America by 1800 than anywhere in Europe.
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