heterogeneity

[ het-uh-roh-juh-nee-i-tee ]

/ ˌhɛt ə roʊ dʒəˈni ɪ ti /

the quality or state of being heterogeneous; composition from dissimilar parts; disparateness.

Origin of heterogeneity

From the Medieval Latin word heterogeneitās, dating back to 1635–45. See heterogeneous, -ity

Of the more innocent kinds of heterogeneity I find a good example in Mrs. Annie Besant's autobiography.

Introduction to the Science of Sociology |Robert E. Park
And the lapse into heterogeneity of temperature, so obvious in this extreme case, is ever taking place more or less in all cases.

Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I |Herbert Spencer
Science seeks to reduce the multiplicity and heterogeneity of facts as they occur to these simple formulas of law.

Heart of Man |George Edward Woodberry
The faint scent of iodoform that he now gave off was a heterogeneity, like a whiff of brandy on a parson.

V. V.'s Eyes |Henry Sydnor Harrison

The heterogeneity which Kant here asserts is merely that difference of nature which follows from the diversity of their functions.

A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' |Norman Kemp Smith

heterogeneity

[ hĕt′ə-rō′jə-nē′ĭ-tē ]

The quality or state of being heterogeneous.

heterogeneity

[ (het-uh-roh-juh-nee-uh-tee) ]

Cultural, social, biological, or other differences within a group. (Compare homogeneity.)