heterogen

a. Heterogeneous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. hétérogénéité. ] The state of being heterogeneous; contrariety. [ 1913 Webster ]

The difference, indeed the heterogeneity, of the two may be felt. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; + &unr_; race, kind; akin to E. kin: cf. F. hétérogène. ] Differing in kind; having unlike qualities; possessed of different characteristics; dissimilar; -- opposed to homogeneous, and said of two or more connected objects, or of a conglomerate mass, considered in respect to the parts of which it is made up. -- Het`er*o*ge"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Het`er*o*ge"ne*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Heterogeneous nouns (Gram.), nouns having different genders in the singular and plural numbers; as, hic locus, of the masculine gender in the singular, and hi loci and hæc loca, both masculine and neuter in the plural; hoc cælum, neuter in the singular; hi cæli, masculine in the plural. --
Heterogeneous quantities (Math.), such quantities as are incapable of being compared together in respect to magnitude, and surfaces and solids. --
Heterogeneous surds (Math.), surds having different radical signs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hetero- + genesis. ] 1. (Biol.) Spontaneous generation, so called. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) That method of reproduction in which the successive generations differ from each other, the parent organism producing offspring different in habit and structure from itself, the original form, however, reappearing after one or more generations; -- opposed to homogenesis, or gamogenesis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Relating to heterogenesis; as, heterogenetic transformations. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) One who believes in the theory of spontaneous generation, or heterogenesis. Bastian. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to heterogenesis; heterogenetic. [ 1913 Webster ]