a. [ Hetero- + Gr. &unr_; a woman, female. ] (Zool.) Having females very unlike the males in form and structure; -- as certain insects, the males of which are winged, and the females wingless. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; + &unr_; race, kind; akin to E. kin: cf. F. hétérogène. ] Differing in kind; having unlike qualities; possessed of different characteristics; dissimilar; -- opposed to homogeneous, and said of two or more connected objects, or of a conglomerate mass, considered in respect to the parts of which it is made up. --
Heterogeneous nouns (Gram.),
Heterogeneous quantities (Math.),
Heterogeneous surds (Math.),