单词 | homogeneous |
释义 | homogeneous —homogeneously, adv. /hoh'meuh jee"nee euhs, -jeen"yeuhs, hom'euh-/, adj. 1. composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind; not heterogeneous: a homogeneous population. 2. of the same kind or nature; essentially alike. 3. Math. a. having a common property throughout: a homogeneous solid figure. b. having all terms of the same degree: a homogeneous equation. c. relating to a function of several variables that becomes multiplied by some power of a constant when each variable is multiplied by that constant: x2y3 is a homogeneous expression of degree 5. d. relating to a differential equation in which a linear combination of derivatives is set equal to zero. [1635-45; < ML homogeneus, equiv. to homogene- (s. of Gk homogenés of the same kind; see HOMO-, GENE) + -us -OUS] Syn. 1. unvarying, unmixed, alike, similar, identical. |
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