Homogeneous vs Interchangeable - What's the difference?
homogeneous | interchangeable |
Of the same kind; alike, similar.
Having the same composition throughout; of uniform make-up.
* 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.25:
(chemistry) in the same state of matter.
(mathematics) Of which the properties of a smaller set apply to the whole; scalable.
(proscribed)
Freely substitutable. May be swapped at will.
* 2014 , Ian Jack, "
As adjectives the difference between homogeneous and interchangeable
is that homogeneous is of the same kind; alike, similar while interchangeable is freely substitutable. May be swapped at will.homogeneous
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Alternative forms
* (proscribed)Adjective
(-)- Their citizens were not of homogeneous origin, but were from all parts of Greece.
- The function ''f(x,y)=x2+y2'' is homogeneous of degree 2 because ''f(''?''x,''?''y)=''?''2f(x,y)''.
Antonyms
* heterogeneousDerived terms
* homogeneous mixture * homogeneous broadening * homogeneous catalysis * homogeneous coordinate * homogeneous function * homogeneous ideal * homogeneous number * homogeneous polynomial * homogeneous radiation * homogeneous society * homogeneous space * homogeneous systemExternal links
* * * English words prefixed with homo-interchangeable
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Adjective
(-)- Eli Whitney's development of interchangeable parts was a breakthrough for modern manufacturing. Prior to that each part had to be made custom.
Is this the end of Britishness", The Guardian , 16 September 2014:
- The English, until relatively recently, seem to have imagined “English” and “British” to be interchangeable , as if Britain was just a bigger England.