Homogenous \Ho*mog"e*nous\, a. (Biol.)
   Having a resemblance in structure, due to descent from a
   common progenitor with subsequent modification; homogenetic;
   -- applied both to animals and plants. See Homoplastic.
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	homogenous
    adj 1: all of the same or similar kind or nature; "a close-knit
           homogeneous group" [syn: homogeneous, homogenous]
           [ant: heterogeneous, heterogenous]

	

	homogeneous
homogenous

   (Or "homogenous") Of uniform nature, similar in kind.

   1. In the context of distributed systems, middleware makes
   heterogeneous systems appear as a homogeneous entity.  For
   example see: interoperable network.

   Constrast heterogeneous.

   2.  (Of a polynomial) containing terms of the
   same degree with respect to all the variables, as in x^2 + 2xy
   + y^2.

   3.  (Of a function) containing a set of
   variables such that when each is multiplied by a constant,
   this constant can be eliminated without altering the value of
   the function, as in cos x/y + x/y.

   4.  (of an equation) containing a homogeneous
   function made equal to 0.

   (1999-05-06)