Heterogeneously

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

  Heterogeneous \Het`er*o*ge"ne*ous\, a. [Gr. ?; ? + ? race, kind;
     akin to E. kin: cf. F. h['e]t['e]rog[`e]ne.]
     Differing in kind; having unlike qualities; possessed of
     different characteristics; dissimilar; -- opposed to
     homogeneous, and said of two or more connected objects, or of
     a conglomerate mass, considered in respect to the parts of


     which it is made up. -- {Het`er*o*ge"ne*ous*ly}, adv. --
     {Het`er*o*ge"ne*ous*ness}, n.
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     {Heterogeneous nouns} (Gram.), nouns having different genders
        in the singular and plural numbers; as, hic locus, of the
        masculine gender in the singular, and hi loci and h[ae]c
        loca, both masculine and neuter in the plural; hoc
        c[ae]lum, neuter in the singular; hi c[ae]li, masculine in
        the plural.
  
     {Heterogeneous quantities} (Math.), such quantities as are
        incapable of being compared together in respect to
        magnitude, and surfaces and solids.
  
     {Heterogeneous surds} (Math.), surds having different radical
        signs.
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