Heterogeneous

Adjective

 * 1) Diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts.
 * 2)  Incommensurable because of different kinds.
 * : Having more than one phase (solid, liquid, gas) present in a system or process.
 * : Visibly consisting of different components.
 * 1) (information technology): A network comprising different types of computers, potentially with vastly differing memory sizes, processing power and even basic underlying architecture. Alternatively, a data resource with multiple types of formats.

Antonyms

 * homogeneous

Thesaurus
amalgamated, ambiguous, ambivalent, amphibious, assorted, at odds, at variance, blended, combined, complex, composite, compound, compounded, conglomerate, contrary, contrasted, contrasting, dappled, departing, deviating, deviative, different, differentiated, differing, disaccordant, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, discrete, discriminated, disjoined, disparate, dissimilar, dissonant, distinct, distinguished, divergent, diverging, divers, diverse, diversified, eclectic, equivocal, fifty-fifty, half-and-half, in disagreement, inaccordant, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, indiscriminate, inharmonious, intricate, ironic, irreconcilable, jumbled, many, many and various, many-sided, medley, mingled, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, multifaceted, multifarious, multinational, multiracial, of all sorts, patchy, pluralistic, poles apart, poles asunder, promiscuous, scrambled, separate, separated, several, sundry, syncretic, thrown together, unconformable, unequal, unlike, variant, varied, variegated, various, varying, widely apart, worlds apart

Etymology
From heterogeneus: <  ἑτερογενής: < ἕτερος: + γένος:. Compare hetero- and -ous.

Translations

 * Chinese: 異質, 异质
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: erilaatuinen, heterogeeninen
 * French:
 * German:
 * Irish: ilchineálach, ilghnéitheach
 * Italian:
 * Manx: yl-chynnoil, yl-cheintagh
 * Polish: heterogeniczny


 * Portuguese: heterogêneo, heterogênea
 * Romanian: eterogen and, eterogenă , neuniform
 * Russian: неоднородный, гетерогенный
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: విజాతి (vijaathi), విభిన్న (vibhinna)

Related terms

 * heterogeneity