State of being dissimilar or diverse.

The quality of variation in rock properties with location in a reservoir or formation. Shale gas reservoirs are heterogeneous formations whose mineralogy, organic content, natural fractures, and other [..]

1640s, from heterogeneous + -ity, or else from Medieval Latin heterogeneitas, from heterogeneus.

A term used in meta-analyses and systematic reviews to describe when the results of a test or treatment (or estimates of its effect) differ significantly in different studies. Such differences may occ [..]

the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind (heterogeneous) consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature; "the population of the United States is vast and he [..]

n. Unlikeness of constituent parts.

Describes the differences in the properties of a dataset or between different datasets or different studies (e.g. in a meta-analysis). (See also Wikipedia definition)

Heterogeneity refers to the properties of a sample group or set. The term is used when a sample is composed of items or individuals that are different from one another. Heterogeneity signifies diversi [..]

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.

The degree of dissimilarity among cases with respect to a particular characteristic.

Heterogeneity means literally 'of a different kind'.

In systematic reviews, the amount of incompatibility between trials included in the review, whether clinical (ie the studies are clinically different) or statistical (ie the results are different from one another).

(n) the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind

Clinical diversity (or heterogeneity) is the variability between the patients or the interventions being studied, or between the outcomes that the studies measure. When comparing different studies, it [..]

This occurs when there is more variation between the study results (in a systematic review) than would be expected to occur by chance alone.

variability in study design and outcomes; the quality of being diverse and not comparable.

The presence of apparently similar Characters for which the genetic evidence indicates that different Genes or different genetic mechanisms are involved in different pedigrees. In clinical settings ge [..]

the degree of difference between individuals.

1. Used in a general sense to describe the variation in, or diversity of, participants, interventions, and measurement of outcomes across a set of studies, or the variation in internal validity of those studies. 2. Used specifically, as statistical heterogeneity, to describe the degree of variation in the effect estimates from a set of studies. Als [..]

The quality or state of consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature.

Landscape diversity in the composition, size, shape and arrangement in time and space of landscape components that characterize ecological structure and function.

The part of the subsurface that is different in some property (hydraulic conductivity, for example).

(uncountable) Diversity (countable) A composition of diverse parts The quality of a substance which is not uniform.

The variable appearance of a condition

The variable appearance of a condition; the heterogeneity of Parkinson's disease refers to the fact that its symptoms and appearance vary widely from patient to patient. From the Latin hetero, di [..]

Used in a general sense to describe the variation in, or diversity of participants, interventions and measurement of outcomes across a set of studies, or the variation in internal validity of those st [..]