heterogeneity

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heterogeneity - 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.
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heterogeneity - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  heterogeneity
      n 1: the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind
           [syn: heterogeneity, heterogeneousness] [ant:
           homogeneity, homogeneousness]