A thing that is composed of unlike parts or elements; something heterogeneous in nature or origin.
Variant of 'heterogen,' from Greek 'hetero-' (different) and '-gene' (kind/type). An older or less common form of the same concept.
In Renaissance alchemical texts, scholars used 'heterogene' to describe complex mixtures they couldn't break down—little did they know they were looking at compounds with distinct molecular structures!
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