heterogeneous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature
    heterogenous.
    • the population of the United States is vast and heterogeneous
  2. adjective originating outside the body
    heterogenous.

WordNet


Het`er*o*ge"ne*ous adjective
Etymology
Gr. + race, kind; akin to E. kin: cf. F. hétérogène.
Definitions
  1. Differing in kind; having unlike qualities; possessed of different characteristics; dissimilar; -- opposed to homogeneous, and said of two or more connected objects, or of a conglomerate mass, considered in respect to the parts of which it is made up. -- Het`er*o*ge"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Het`er*o*ge"ne*ous*ness, n.

Webster 1913