nonhomogeneity
- noun
- /ˌnɒnˌhoʊməˈdʒiːnɪti/
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no homogeneidad
- Scientists observed nonhomogeneity in the distribution of species across the ecosystem, indicating varying environmental conditions.
Examples
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Consequently, a dimension has cumulating nonhomogeneity if, for some resource, agent, or location, data are included for more than one dimension (such as sales personnel or store location).
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As a result, a data warehouse schema must allow (1) the addition of time period as a dimension in order to allow rollups from hour to day to week to month to year, (2) the change from a pure location dimension to a non-homogeneous dimension that allows rollup from person to office (known as cumulating nonhomogeneity), and (3) a change of relationships of agents from one of control to a marketing-oriented one.
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On the other hand, it could be argued that cumulating nonhomogeneity provides a different perspective on system design.
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Instead of focusing on the origin of the data, cumulating nonhomogeneity focuses on the goal of providing answers to questions about organizational activities, such as creating value.
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Cumulative nonhomogeneity in data warehouses typically results from mixing either external agents (Figure 4) and locations or internal agents and locations (Figure 6a).
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Therefore, the data warehouse design schema concern is not with the homogeneity of agent or location information but instead with cumulating nonhomogeneity, which, like time, cascades into definable categories.
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On the one hand, employing cumulating nonhomogeneity could be viewed as an implementation compromise because it intermixes information, e.g., agent and location information (McCarthy and Rockwell 1989).
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Where many "deserts, prairies, forests, jungles, bodies of water, ice shelves, mountain tops, and valley floors" are roughly in the same configuration over any particular 17-year period globally, within the scale of error bars on temperature, the nonhomogeneity is a wash.
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The nonhomogeneity in the texture of the fabric made it difficult to create a uniform garment.
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The architect aimed to highlight the nonhomogeneity of the building materials, showcasing the unique character of each element.
Synonyms
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8.4
The presence of different kinds of things or people in a group
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A situation where parts are not the same throughout
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A state in which something is not level or smooth
A situation in which parts of something are different
A lack of sameness or evenness in something
A state with many different kinds of things
Antonyms
How Homogeneous
Surface Forms
Morphology
nonhomogeneity = homogeneity (transparent) = non + homogeneity
Formed by straightforward prefixation of 'non-' to the noun 'homogeneity', yielding the clear negated meaning 'not homogeneous'.
Etymology
The word nonhomogeneity begins with non- meaning 'not' and uses homo- meaning 'same', just like in homogeneous. So it describes the quality of being 'not uniform' — when parts are different instead of the same throughout.