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heterogeneous

[het-er-uh-jee-nee-uhs, -jeen-yuhs] / ˌhɛt ər əˈdʒi ni əs, -ˈdʒin jəs /


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“The needs across the system are so heterogeneous that it was inherently complicated to make a design,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

"Everything is the same, rigid and fixed once it's fabricated. The brain is the opposite. It's heterogeneous, dynamic and three-dimensional. To move in that direction, we need new materials and new ways to build electronics."

From Science Daily ● Apr. 18, 2026

By contrast, the wealthy are strikingly politically heterogeneous.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 24, 2026

“We’re imagining a heterogeneous accelerating framework that connects quantum and classical compute,” Gambetta explained during a tour of IBM’s Thomas J. Watson Research Center in October.

From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026

There is another way to investigate Mars and the full range of delights and discoveries this heterogeneous planet holds for us.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan


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