Meaning & use
nonhomogeneity
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The quality of not being uniform in structure, composition, or distribution throughout.
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The nonhomogeneity of the soil samples made it difficult to compare results across the field.
Statisticians adjusted their model to account for nonhomogeneity in the population data.
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Used across statistics, chemistry, and materials science whenever a sample or mixture varies unpredictably from one part to another.
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heterogeneitynon-uniformity
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