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Polychromatic vs Homogeneous - What's the difference?

polychromatic | homogeneous |

As adjectives the difference between polychromatic and homogeneous

is that polychromatic is showing a variety, or a change, of colours; having many colours; multicoloured while homogeneous is of the same kind; alike, similar.

polychromatic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Showing a variety, or a change, of colours; having many colours; multicoloured.
  • (physics, of electromagnetic radiation) Composed of more than one wavelength.

    • Synonyms

    * see multicolored

    Antonyms

    * monochromatic

    Derived terms

    * polychromatic acid

    References

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    homogeneous

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (proscribed)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of the same kind; alike, similar.
  • Having the same composition throughout; of uniform make-up.
  • * 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.25:
    • Their citizens were not of homogeneous origin, but were from all parts of Greece.
  • (chemistry) in the same state of matter.
  • (mathematics) Of which the properties of a smaller set apply to the whole; scalable.
    • The function ''f(x,y)=x2+y2'' is homogeneous of degree 2 because ''f(''?''x,''?''y)=''?''2f(x,y)''.
  • (proscribed)

    • Antonyms

    * heterogeneous

    Related terms

    * homogeneity * homogenise, homogenize

    Derived terms

    * homogeneous mixture * homogeneous broadening * homogeneous catalysis * homogeneous coordinate * homogeneous function * homogeneous ideal * homogeneous number * homogeneous polynomial * homogeneous radiation * homogeneous society * homogeneous space * homogeneous system

    External links

    * * * English words prefixed with homo-