heterogeneous
adjective
het·ero·ge·neous
ˌhe-tə-rə-ˈjē-nē-əs 
ˌhe-trə-,
-nyəs
: consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed
an ethnically heterogeneous population
heterogeneously
adverb
heterogeneousness
noun
Synonyms
Examples of heterogeneous in a Sentence
the seating in the hall was a heterogeneous collection of old school desk chairs, wood and metal folding chairs, and even a few plush theater seats
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The Demand For Memory Performance The data-hungry process of training AI models employs heterogeneous computing architectures in which CPUs and GPUs cooperate to move and process data, allowing larger, more capable models.
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Steven Woo, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
But researchers have also become painfully aware that cancers—especially advanced ones—can be heterogeneous, with distinct groups of cancer cells driven by different mutations.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 5 Aug. 2024
Early rumors suggested the desktop chips might copy Intel's or Apple's recent desktop CPUs, swapping to a heterogeneous design that boosted single-core performance with a few large fast cores while supercharging multi-core performance with gobs of smaller efficiency cores.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 15 Aug. 2024
Finding the right treatment can be challenging for this rare and heterogeneous disease.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 15 July 2024
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Steven Woo, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
But researchers have also become painfully aware that cancers—especially advanced ones—can be heterogeneous, with distinct groups of cancer cells driven by different mutations.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 5 Aug. 2024
Early rumors suggested the desktop chips might copy Intel's or Apple's recent desktop CPUs, swapping to a heterogeneous design that boosted single-core performance with a few large fast cores while supercharging multi-core performance with gobs of smaller efficiency cores.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 15 Aug. 2024
Finding the right treatment can be challenging for this rare and heterogeneous disease.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 15 July 2024
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heterogeneous
adjective
het·ero·ge·neous
ˌhet-ə-rə-ˈjē-nē-əs, ˌhe-trə-, -nyəs
: not uniform in structure or composition
tumors which have a heterogeneous composition by reason of structure and presence of necrosis—Year Book of Endocrinology
Year Book of Endocrinology
heterogeneously
adverb
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