homogenous

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homogenous - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Homogenous \Ho*mog"e*nous\, a. (Biol.)
     Having a resemblance in structure, due to descent from a
     common progenitor with subsequent modification; homogenetic;
     -- applied both to animals and plants. See Homoplastic.
     [1913 Webster]

homogenous - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  homogenous
      adj 1: all of the same or similar kind or nature; "a close-knit
             homogeneous group" [syn: homogeneous, homogenous]
             [ant: heterogeneous, heterogenous]

homogenous - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  homogeneous
  homogenous
  
     (Or "homogenous") Of uniform nature, similar in kind.
  
     1. In the context of distributed systems, middleware makes
     heterogeneous systems appear as a homogeneous entity.  For
     example see: interoperable network.
  
     Constrast heterogeneous.
  
     2. <mathematics> (Of a polynomial) containing terms of the
     same degree with respect to all the variables, as in x^2 + 2xy
     + y^2.
  
     3. <mathematics> (Of a function) containing a set of
     variables such that when each is multiplied by a constant,
     this constant can be eliminated without altering the value of
     the function, as in cos x/y + x/y.
  
     4. <mathematics> (of an equation) containing a homogeneous
     function made equal to 0.
  
     (1999-05-06)