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heterogeneous

The correct spelling is heterogeneous.

How to pronounce heterogeneous

/hɛ.tə.ɹə.ˈdʒiː.niː.əs/
adjective

IPA: /hɛ.tə.ɹə.ˈdʒiː.niː.əs/

Say it like: Het-ero-jen-eow-s

The correct spelling is heterogeneous. Diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts. For example: "He had a large and heterogeneous collection of books."

Usage Examples

He had a large and heterogeneous collection of books.

Definition

adjective

  1. 1.Diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts.
  2. 2.Incommensurable because of different kinds.
  3. 3.Having more than one phase (solid, liquid, gas) present in a system or process.
  4. 4.Visibly consisting of different components.
  5. 5.Of a network comprising different types of computers, potentially with vastly differing memory sizes, processing power and even basic underlying architecture; alternatively, of a data resource with multiple types of formats.

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