homogeneity
(hɒməʊdʒɪˈniːɪtɪ)
[ad. Scholastic L. homogeneitās, f. homogene-us (see next and -ity). Cf. F. homogénéité (16th c.).]
The quality or condition of being homogeneous: a. Identity of kind with something else; b. Composition from parts or elements of the same kind; uniformity of composition or nature.
| 1625 N. Carpenter Geog. Del. i. iv. (1635) 88 A Harmony and Communion..a Homogenity of the Forme and Nature. 1664 H. More Myst. Iniq., Apol. 494 The Homogeneity and Unorganizedness of the Heavenly Body. 1674 [see heterogeneity]. 1779 Phil. Trans. LXIX. 493 The homogeneity of the air. 1854 Fraser's Mag. XLIX. 23 There is no homogeneity between the men or the subjects of their communications. 1862 [see heterogeneity]. |
c. concr. Something homogeneous.
| 1638 Rawley tr. Bacon's Life & Death (1651) 58 All things in the Body do dissolve, and return to their Homogeneities, or..Elements. 1887 F. Robinson New Relig. Medici 79 He is regarded..as a homogeneity. |
d. law of homogeneity (Logic): see quot.
| 1864 Bowen Logic iv. 90 The Law of Homogeneity affirms that things the most dissimilar must, in some respects, be similar or homogeneous; and consequently, any two Concepts, how unlike soever, may still both be subordinated under some higher Concept. |