[ho.mo.ge.neous] adj [ML homogeneus, homogenus, fr. Gk homogenes, fr. hom- + genos kind--more at kin] (1641) 1: of the same or a similar kind or nature
2: of uniform structure or composition throughout "a culturally ~ neighborhood"
3: having the property that if each variable is replaced by a constant times that variable the constant can be factored out: having each term of the same degree if all variables are considered "a ~ equation" -- ho.mo.ge.neous.ly adv -- ho.mo.ge.neous.ness n