heterogenic

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English

Etymology

From hetero- +‎ -genic.

Pronunciation

Adjective

heterogenic (not comparable)

  1. (genetics) Of or relating to the genes of different species.
  2. (rare) Relating to or involving (people, animals, things, etc, of) different kinds (genera), for example different sexes.
    • 1983, S. M. Al-Sabah, Development Planning in an Oil Economy and the Role of the Woman: The Case of Kuwait, London : Eastlords Pub.
      There is no question that the mail survey is "the most practical method for obtaining reasonably compatible data across a large geographic base, a large heterogenic group, and also a large sample size".
    • 2000, Pirkko Moisala, "Finland: The Woman Composer as Nomadic Subject", in Pirkko Moisala, Beverley Diamond, Music and Gender, University of Illinois Press (→ISBN), page 166:
      Furthermore, being a woman composer is internally a heterogenic, multifaceted, and even conflicted process.
    • 2014, Tran Dinh Lan, E. Gunilla Almered Olsson, Serin Alpokay, Environmental Stresses and Resource Use in Coastal Urban and Peri-Urban Regions: DPSIR Approach to SECOA's 17 Case Studies, Sapienza Università Editrice, →ISBN, page 25:
      Since the case study areas in the SECOA project are very heterogenic and are subjected to heterogenic drivers it was recommended by work package leader for this task (Tran 2011 a, b) to focus the DPSIR study on the [] coastal wetlands.
  3. Characteristic of a different sex (especially of hypertrichosis or facial hair typical of a man but found on a woman).