Heterogeneity

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Heterogeneity \Het`er*o*ge*ne"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F.
     h['e]t['e]rog['e]n['e]it['e].]
     The state of being heterogeneous; contrariety.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The difference, indeed the heterogeneity, of the two


           may be felt.                             --Coleridge.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  heterogeneity
       n : the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind
           [syn: {heterogeneousness}] [ant: {homogeneity}]