Homogeneity is a sameness of constituent structure.

Homogeneity, homogeneous, or homogenization may also refer to:

In mathematics

  • Asymptotic homogenization, a method to study partial differential equations with highly oscillatory coefficients
  • Homogeneous coordinates, used in projective spaces
  • Homogeneous differential equation
  • Homogeneous distribution
  • Homogeneous element and homogeneous ideal in a graded ring
  • Homogeneous equation (linear algebra): systems of linear equations with zero constant term
  • Homogeneous function
  • Homogeneous graph
  • Homogeneous (large cardinal property)
  • Homogeneous linear transformation
  • Homogeneous model in model theory
  • Homogeneous polynomial
  • Homogeneous relation: binary relation on a set
  • Homogeneous space for a Lie group G, or more general transformation group
  • Homogenization of a polynomial, a mathematical operation
  • Transcendental law of homogeneity of Leibniz

In statistics

  • Homogeneity (statistics), logically consistent data matrices
  • Homogeneity of variance

In chemistry

  • Homogeneous catalysis, a sequence of chemical reactions that involve a catalyst in the same phase as the reactants
  • Homogeneous (chemistry), a property of a mixture showing no variation in properties
  • Homogenization (chemistry), intensive mixing of mutually insoluble substance or groups of substance to obtain a soluble suspension or constant

Other uses

  • Ethnic homogeneity:
  • Monoethnicity, the existence of a single ethnic group in a given region or country
  • Monoculturalism, the policy or process of supporting, advocating, or allowing the expression of the culture of a single social or ethnic group
  • Heterogeneity (disambiguation), diverseness of constituent structure (the opposite of homogeneity)
  • Homogeneity (physics), translational invariance or compatibility of units in equations
  • Homogeneity (semantics), when a predicate must hold of all or none of some plurality
  • Homogenization (biology), a process that involves breaking apart cells — releasing organelles and cytoplasm
  • Homogenization (climate), the process of removing non-climatic changes from climate data
  • Milk#Creaming and homogenization, process to prevent separation of the cream
  • Species homogeneity, all of the same or similar kind or nature

See also

  • Homozygosity