inhomogeneous

1. 1.

   not homogeneous

   Synonymsnonuniform

   Similarheterogeneous

Questions about inhomogeneous

What does inhomogeneous mean?

inhomogeneous means "not homogeneous".

How many syllables are in inhomogeneous?

inhomogeneous has 6 syllables: in-ho-mo-ge-ne-ous. The stress falls on "ne".

What is another word for inhomogeneous?

Close synonyms include nonuniform. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is inhomogeneous a common word?

inhomogeneous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.