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homogeneousness

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as homogeneity.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Sameness 9kind or nature; uniformity of structure or material.

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  • noun rare homogeneity, the state of having a uniform composition.

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  • noun the quality of being similar or comparable in kind or nature

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Examples

  • What we call his mistake is in that he regarded "homogeneousness" as negative.

    The Book of the Damned Charles Fort

  • The Renaissance livened up considerably the severe lines of the Gothic chateaux of France, and though invariably the marks of the transition are visible to the expert eye it is also true, as in the case of Maintenon, that there is frequently a homogeneousness which is sufficiently pleasing to effectually cover up any discrepancies which might otherwise be apparent.

    Royal Palaces and Parks of France Blanche McManus

  • But sound is a stroke of a sounding body; and a sounding body is that which has homogeneousness and uniformity, and is easy to be moved, light, smooth, and, by reason of its tenseness and continuity, it is obedient to the stroke; and such is the air.

    Essays and Miscellanies 2004

  • But sound is a stroke of a sounding body; and a sounding body is that which has homogeneousness and uniformity, and is easy to be moved, light, smooth, and, by reason of its tenseness and continuity, it is obedient to the stroke; and such is the air.

    Symposiacs 2004

  • In fact, this vast empire, 4,000,000 square miles in extent, does not possess the homogeneousness of the states of Western Europe.

    Michael Strogoff 2003

  • Ever since the improvements that have been introduced into the manufacture of steel, and especially into the erection of works for its production, have made it possible to obtain this metal in very large masses, it has necessarily been preferred to iron for all pieces of large dimensions, inasmuch as it possesses in the highest degree that homogeneousness and resistance which are so difficult to obtain in the latter metal.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 Various

  • The homogeneousness and stability of the mixture are of the highest importance.

    Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise

  • So completely did they occupy the country, that the few stray English or Irish settlers among them did not sensibly affect the homogeneousness of the population. '

    The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 1, July, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

  • Were we weak enough to consent to a sudden homogeneousness in virtue, many industrious persons would be thrown out of employment.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 Various

  • General Morin believes this alloy to be a perfect chemical combination, as it exhibits, unlike the gun metal, a most complete homogeneousness, its preparation being also attended by a great development of heat, not seen in the manufacture of most other alloys.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882 Various

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