homogeneous

Etymology

From Medieval Latin homogeneus, from Ancient Greek ὁμογενής (homogenḗs, “of the same race, family or kind”), from ὁμός (homós, “same”) + γένος (génos, “kind”). Compare homo- (“same”) and -ous (adjectival suffix).

adj

1. Of the same kind; alike, similar.
2. Having the same composition throughout; of uniform make-up.
   Their citizens were not of homogeneous origin, but were from all parts of Greece. 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.25
3. (chemistry) In the same state of matter.
4. (mathematics) Of which the properties of a smaller set apply to the whole; scalable.
   The function f(x,y)=x²+y² is homogeneous of degree 2 because f(αx,αy)=α²f(x,y).