Descriptive term for a material consisting of dissimilar constituents separately identifiable; a medium consisting of regions of unlike properties separated by internal boundaries. (Note that all nonhomogeneous materials are not necessarily heterogeneous).
composed of unrelated or unlike elements or parts; varied; miscellaneous (constituents dissimilar, incongruous)
non-uniform; composed of mixtures of different kinds; in reference to tumors meaning composed of different clones of cells
not uniform throuought; composed of different parts not uniformly dispersed. (see homogenous, mixture)
Having different genotypes in a population.
significant differences in the type of service and method of delivery for each customer (p. 190)
A characteristic of services that means that for many companies, no two services are exactly the same. For example, an advertising company would not develop the same advertising campaign for two different clients.
varying in structure or composition at different locations in space.
composed of various cell types.
consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature; "the population of the United States is vast and heterogeneous"
A combination of different kinds.
composed of a diverse number of elements
Composed of components of different types. A heterogeneous network of workstations would contain machines running different operating systems.
Term used in connection with both hardware equipment and software systems to indicate various components' use of different architectures.
Being composed of a mixture of different things.
Of different origins; not from the same sources, individual, or species.
Describes a material or substance or chemical reaction which is not the same throughout in its properties, composition, or state of matter.
Variegated; composed of differing parts.
A set of objects which are of different types. For example, any element of a heterogenous array might contain integers or floating point numbers, or another array, or any kind of data.
Consisting of different components that may not be distributed evenly throughout a mixture. The components, while mixed together, still remain separate entities.
mixed; made up of diverse, dissimilar elements or parts.
Non-uniform in grain size, structure, or composition.
Composed of parts having dissimilar characteristics or properties
a porous medium which has different physical characteristics in different locations.
The opposite of homogeneous. If a set of studies on the same subject have varied or conflicting results, the results of the group of studies are heterogeneous. Examining and explaining this heterogeneity is an important part of reviewing the research on a particular subject.
Composed of many varied elements; diverse, varied.
Containing components of more than one kind. A heterogeneous architecture may be one in which some components are processors, and others memories, or it may be one that uses different types of processor together.
Applied to IT, this term describes a system, network, architecture or application portfolio that contains a variety of disparate components (such as hardware, operating systems, middleware, applications or network protocols), typically from multiple vendors.
A soil mass with different properties in different directions.
Describes a substance which varies in its composition and properties from one part to another. Properties differ from place to place within the solution.
Consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents.
refers to anything which displays a varied composition or a mixture of elements. Opp: homogeneous
A collection of dissimilar host computers such as those from different manufacturers. Contrast with homogeneous.
Made up of elements or ingredients that are not alike.
Heterogeneous networks are networks with systems of different platforms that interact meaningfully across the network.
May be run on different desktop operating systems.
Nonuniform at the scale of interest. Different parts have different properties.
Composed of varied cell types.
Diverse and/or inter-mixed.
A mixture. It can refer to a solution that contains a complex mixture of molecules. In drug discovery, a heterogeneous assay is one that requires separation (usually by filtration) of one or more of its components (for example, removal of unbound label) prior to detection.
Varied, unique, or different in nature. Real estate is said to be heterogeneous in nature since no two parcels are identical in every respect. The opposite of homogeneous.
unlike; having dissimilar qualities.
Mixed assortment of housing styles in a residential development. Alternately, mixed zoning uses in an urban development plan.
A term describing a mixture that is not the same throughout; rather, it has various regions possessing different properties. An example is sand in a container of water.
Heterogeneous (, also (American English)) means that something (an object or system) consists of a diverse range of different items. It is the antonym of , which means that an object or system consists of many identical items. The term is often used in a scientific (such as a kind of catalyst), mathematical, sociological or statistical context.
