Heterogeneity

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  • noun. The quality or state of being heterogeneous.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The character or state of being heterogeneous; composition from dissimilar parts; difference in kind or quality; disparateness; dissimilarity.
  • noun. A dissimilarity of structure in different parts of an organism.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The state of being heterogeneous; contrariety.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Diversity
  • noun. A composition of diverse parts
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind
  • Word Usage
    "Nate Silver's TED talk about race and heterogeneity is pretty strong throughout (though the reach of some of the conclusions exceeds the grasp of the data), but I most enjoyed the point about 8 minutes into the clip where he talks about the implications of cul de sacs in (sub) urban planning."
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