Homogeneity

Homogeneity

Homogeneity means "being similar throughout".

Homogeneity may also refer to:

* Homogeneous (mathematics), a variety of meanings
* In statistics homogeneity can refer to
** Homogeneity of variance: Homoscedasticity
** Logically consistent data matrices: homogeneity (statistics)
* Homogeneity (physics), in physics, two particular meanings: On one hand, translational invariance. On the other, homogeneity of units in equations, related to dimensional analysis
* Homogenetic or homoplastic, in biology, applied both to animals and plants, of having a resemblance in structure, due to descent from a common progenitor with subsequent modification
* Homogenization is intensive mixing of mutually insoluble phases (sometimes with addition of surfactants) to obtain a soluble suspension or emulsion, for example homogenizing milk so that the cream doesn't separate out
* In physical chemistry, homogeneous describes a single-phase system as opposed to a heterogeneous system. See also phase diagrams and the classification of catalysts
* In the context of procurement/purchasing, "homogeneous" is used to describe goods that do not vary in their essential characteristic irrespective of the source of supply


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  • homogeneity — 1620s, from homogene (see HOMOGENEOUS (Cf. homogeneous)) + ITY (Cf. ity) …   Etymology dictionary

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  • homogeneity — homogeneous ► ADJECTIVE 1) of the same kind. 2) consisting of parts all of the same kind. DERIVATIVES homogeneity noun homogeneously adverb homogeneousness noun. ORIGIN Greek homogen s, from homos same + genos race, kind …   English terms dictionary

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  • Homogeneity (statistics) — For homogeneity of variance see homoscedasticity.In statistics, homogeneity arises in describing the properties of a dataset, or several datasets, and relates to the validity of the often convenient assumption that the statistical properties of… …   Wikipedia

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