Homogeneity (physics)

<p>In physics, a homogeneous material or system has the same properties at every point; it is uniform without irregularities. A uniform <a href="/facts/Electric_field/tt4MooBs">electric field</a> (which has the same strength and the same direction at each point) would be compatible with homogeneity (all points experience the same physics). A material constructed with different constituents can be described as effectively homogeneous in the <a href="/facts/Electromagnetic_field/MacraS8y">electromagnetic</a> materials domain, when interacting with a directed <a href="/facts/EM_radiation/Ynx7ujCW">radiation field</a> (light, microwave frequencies, etc.).
</p><p>Mathematically, homogeneity has the connotation of <a href="/facts/Invariant_(physics)/UfHcehYs">invariance</a>, as all components of the <a href="/facts/Equation/pxFzLAVR">equation</a> have the same degree of value whether or not each of these components are scaled to different values, for example, by multiplication or addition. Cumulative distribution fits this description. "The state of having identical cumulative distribution function or values".
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