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Homogeneity and heterogeneity
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<p>Homogeneity and heterogeneity are concepts relating to the <a href="/facts/Uniformity_(chemistry)/tms8rbmn">uniformity</a> of a <a href="/facts/Chemical_substance/EWcXU41d">substance</a>, process or image. A homogeneous feature is uniform in composition or character (i.e., color, shape, size, weight, height, distribution, texture, language, income, disease, temperature, radioactivity, architectural design, etc.); one that is heterogeneous is distinctly nonuniform in at least one of these qualities. </p>