OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 9560

heterogeneous

/ˌhɛt.(ə.)ɹəˈd͡ʒiː.nɪəs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
heterogéneo
Diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts.
He had a large and heterogeneous collection of books.
With a vague curiosity I began to trace the outline of some of the heterogeneous impressions, trying meanwhile to curb the flights of macabre fancy which the place and its memories…
heterogéneo
Incommensurable because of different kinds.
heterogéneo
Having more than one phase (solid, liquid, gas) present in a system or process.
heterogéneo
Visibly consisting of different components.
heterogéneo
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.