HOMOGENIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does homogenization mean? 

• HOMOGENIZATION (noun)
  The noun HOMOGENIZATION has 1 sense:

1. the act of making something homogeneous or uniform in composition

  Familiarity information: HOMOGENIZATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOMOGENIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of making something homogeneous or uniform in composition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

homogenisation; homogenization

Context example:

the network's homogenization of political news

Hypernyms ("homogenization" is a kind of...):

blend; blending (the act of blending components together thoroughly)

Derivation:

homogenize (cause to become equal or homogeneous as by mixing)

homogenize (become homogeneous or similar, as by mixing)

homogenize (break up the fat globules of)

 Context examples 

Experimental condition created by disrupting cells with homogenization, sonication, detergents, or other treatment, leaving intracellular components exposed to controlled manipulation of the medium.

(Cell-free System, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)