LekhoriLekhoriDiverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts.
He had a large and heterogeneous collection of books.
Incommensurable because of different kinds.
Having more than one phase (solid, liquid, gas) present in a system or process.
From Medieval Latin heterogeneus, from Ancient Greek ἑτερογενής (heterogenḗs, “of different kinds”), from ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another, different”) + γένος (génos, “kind”). Compare hetero- and -ou...
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