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s | heterogeneous |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective heterogeneous is

diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    heterogeneous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts.
  • (mathematics) Incommensurable because of different kinds.
  • (physics) Having more than one phase (solid, liquid, gas) present in a system or process.
  • (chemistry) Visibly consisting of different components.
  • (computing) Of a network comprising different types of computers, potentially with vastly differing memory sizes, processing power and even basic underlying architecture; alternatively, of a data resource with multiple types of formats.

    • Antonyms

    * homogeneous

    Related terms

    * heterogeneity

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