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[syn: heterogeneity, heterogeneousness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Heterogeneity \Het`er*o*ge*ne"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F.
h['e]t['e]rog['e]n['e]it['e].]
The state of being heterogeneous; contrariety.
[1913 Webster]
The difference, indeed the heterogeneity, of the two
may be felt. --Coleridge.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
heterogeneity
n 1: the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind
[syn: heterogeneity, heterogeneousness] [ant:
homogeneity, homogeneousness]