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heterogeneous

/hɛ.tə.ɹə.ˈdʒiː.niː.əs/
adjective
  1. Diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts.

    "He had a large and heterogeneous collection of books."

  2. Incommensurable because of different kinds.

  3. Having more than one phase (solid, liquid, gas) present in a system or process.

Synonymsdiverse, manifold
Antonymshomogeneous

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