heterogeneity

heterogeneity
Heterogeneous state or quality.
- genetic h. the character of a phenotype produced by mutation at more than one gene or by more than one genetic mechanism. See genocopy.

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het·ero·ge·ne·ity .het-ə-rō-jə-'nē-ət-ē, .he-trō- n, pl -ties the quality or state of being heterogeneous

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n.
(in oncology) variability or differences in the properties of cells within a tumour.

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het·ero·ge·ne·i·ty (het″ər-o-jə-neґĭ-te) the state or quality of being heterogeneous.

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  • Heterogeneity — Het er*o*ge*ne i*ty, n. [Cf. F. h[ e]t[ e]rog[ e]n[ e]it[ e].] The state of being heterogeneous; contrariety. [1913 Webster] The difference, indeed the heterogeneity, of the two may be felt. Coleridge. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • heterogeneity — heterogeneity. См. гетерогенность. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • heterogeneity — index difference, diversification, diversity, nonconformity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • heterogeneity — 1640s, from M.L. heterogeneitas, from heterogeneus, from Gk. heterogenes (see HETEROGENEOUS (Cf. heterogeneous)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • heterogeneity — įvairialytiškumas statusas T sritis Standartizacija ir metrologija apibrėžtis Sistemos savybė būti sudarytai iš kelių tarpusavyje nesimaišančių fazių. atitikmenys: angl. heterogeneity vok. Heterogenität, f rus. гетерогенность, f pranc.… …   Penkiakalbis aiškinamasis metrologijos terminų žodynas

  • heterogeneity — heterogeniškumas statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Sistemos savybė būti sudarytai iš kelių tarpusavyje nesimaišančių fazių. atitikmenys: angl. heterogeneity rus. гетерогенность ryšiai: sinonimas – įvairialytiškumas …   Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • heterogeneity — įvairialytiškumas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. heterogeneity vok. Heterogenität, f rus. гетерогенность, f pranc. hétérogénéité, f …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

  • heterogeneity — See: genetic heterogeneity …   Glossary of Biotechnology

  • heterogeneity — heterogeneous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ diverse in character or content: a heterogeneous collection. DERIVATIVES heterogeneity noun heterogeneously adverb. ORIGIN from Greek heteros other + genos a kind …   English terms dictionary

  • heterogeneity — noun Date: 1641 the quality or state of being heterogeneous …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • heterogeneity — /het euh roh jeuh nee i tee/, n. the quality or state of being heterogeneous; composition from dissimilar parts; disparateness. [1635 45; < ML heterogeneitas. See HETEROGENEOUS, ITY] * * * …   Universalium

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