HOMOGENOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does homogenous mean? 

• HOMOGENOUS (adjective)
  The adjective HOMOGENOUS has 1 sense:

1. all of the same or similar kind or nature

  Familiarity information: HOMOGENOUS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOMOGENOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

All of the same or similar kind or nature

Synonyms:

homogeneous; homogenous

Context example:

a close-knit homogeneous group

Similar:

consistent; uniform (the same throughout in structure or composition)

solid (of one substance or character throughout)

self-colored; self-coloured; solid (of the same color throughout)

homogenised; homogenized (made homogeneous)

Also:

undiversified (not diversified)

uniform; unvarying (always the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences)

same (closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree)

Derivation:

homogeny ((biology) similarity because of common evolution)

 Context examples 

A homogenous solution comingled with a propellant and packaged under pressure.

(Aerosol Solution Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of homogenous immunoassay in which sample is applied to a reagent mixture of enzyme-labeled ligand, antibody, and substrate.

(Enzyme Multiplied Immunoassay Technique, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of homogenous immunoglobulin resulting from the proliferation of a single clone of plasma cells in a biological specimen.

(Monoclonal Protein Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A solution composed of a homogenous liquid that contains active and/or inert ingredient(s) dissolved in a suitable solvent or mixture of mutually miscible solvents.

(Intravenous Solution Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

An antibody produced by a clone or genetically homogenous fast-growing cells i.e., hybridoma.

(Monoclonal antibody, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic antibody produced by a genetically homogenous population of hybrid cells (hybridoma) against determinant idiotypes (Id) which usually mimic human epitopes.

(Anti-Idiotype Specified Monoclonal Antibody, NCI Thesaurus)

Companies looking to make bigger fabrication lines for perovskites have been trying to solve the problem of how to make the films more homogenous, but now we can show them that actually a simple inkjet printing process could do a better job.

(‘Messy’ production of perovskite material increases solar cell efficiency, University of Cambridge)

Ultimately, having been highly prized for centuries, the marbled appearance of walrus ivory fell out of favour as West African trade routes opened up, and the homogenous finish of elephant ivory became de rigueur in the 13th century.

(Over-hunting walruses contributed to the collapse of Norse Greenland, University of Cambridge)

Homogenous dietary habits, together with ritual and funerary practices in which the emphasis was on community rather than the individual, show that Megalithic peoples were characterized by social relations that were fundamentally based on values ​​such as equality, reciprocity, and solidarity.

(Analysis of the Palaeolithic diet finds that, in the prehistoric age, for thousands of years there were no social divisions in food consumption, University of Granada)