Dictionary entry

Homogeneous

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ho′mo‐ge″ne‐ous (?), a. [Gr. �; � the same + � race, kind: cf. F. homogène. See Same, and Kin.] 1. Of the same kind of nature; consisting of similar parts, or of elements of the like nature; — opposed to heterogeneous; as, homogeneous particles, elements, or principles; homogeneous bodies.

2. (Alg.) Possessing the same number of factors of a given kind; as, a homogeneous polynomial.