Homogeneity (disambiguation)

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Homogeneity (Greek homoios for equal and -gen for procure) stands for:

  • Homogeneity , property of a substance, the nature of which is independent of the respective location
  • Homogeneity (pedagogy) , a group of learners composed of the same type for learning or educational purposes under certain aspects
  • Homogeneity (sociology) , groups of people who have the same characteristics in certain areas
  • Homogeneity (economy) , goods for which a customer has uniform preferences

The adjective homogeneous in mathematics stands for:

and in science and technology for:

  • homogeneous field , a field with a location-independent field strength
  • homogeneous structure , in materials science the nature of the structural components with regard to the spatial arrangement of its building blocks
  • homogeneous catalysis , in a chemical reaction the catalyst and the starting materials are in the same phase
  • homogeneous compression ignition , engine concept in which the combustion of a homogeneous mixture begins simultaneously in the entire combustion chamber


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Wiktionary: Homogeneity  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Wiktionary: homogeneous  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations