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A heterogeneous compound, mixture, or other such object is one that consists of many different items, which are often not easily sorted or separated, though they are clearly distinct.

''Heterogeneous'' is the Antonym of '' Homogeneous '', which means that the object consists of many identical items.
It is often used in a Scientific (such as a kind of Catalyst ) or Mathematical context.


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  • In the world of enterprise computing, ''heterogeneous data'' is a mix of Data from two or more sources, often of two or more formats, e.g., SQL and XML .



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