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and soil. Mixtures may be classified as homogeneous mixtures, heterogeneous ... ==Homogeneous mixtures== A mixture is said to be homogeneous if it ...

* The universe is homogeneous—that is, it is the same at every location. ... is homogeneity. A manifold can be homogeneous without being isotropic ...

Catalysts can be either heterogeneous or homogeneous. Biological catalysts ... reaction mixture. On the other hand, a homogeneous catalyst is one that is ...

Anaxagoras conceived the continuum as a homogeneous entity that contains all ... its particular characteristics and the homogeneous continuum is differentiated ...

The Korean people are the most homogeneous people on earth. Although many nations have invaded and occupied Korea, and some have left their genetic ...

*There is more than one firm and all firms produce a homogeneous product ... model with two rival producers of a homogeneous product. Each producer ...

of atoms. He believed that all atoms are homogeneous (qualitatively the same), and different only in shapes and sizes. All beings including the ...

v/w) = 0 we obtain g(u, v, w) = 0, where g is homogeneous of degree n. An example is the Fermat curve un + vn = wn, which has an affine form xn + yn = 1. ...

Slate is a fine-grained, homogeneous, metamorphic rock. It is derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ...

seems not to be an element of the world, but a homogeneous existence that can uniformly explain both spiritual and physical phenomena. ...

equations of general relativity for a homogeneous, isotropic expanding space ... indicate that the universe was flat and homogeneous, but there was a deviation ...

While Parmenides understood the ultimate reality as a homogeneous, permanent, and unchanging single entity, Empedocles comprehended it as the ...

php The Grotte Chauvet: A completely homogeneous art?], Paleoesthetique ... php The Grotte Chauvet: A completely homogeneous art?] Paleoesthetique ...

create vistas of sound that would achieve a homogeneous sonority in spite of the physical distances that might separate the ensembles. His ingenious ...

All atoms are qualitatively homogeneous, different only in form, shape, and size. The qualitative diversity of the world is reduced to and explained ...

Since all physical sensation is momentary and homogeneous, it follows that past and future pleasures have no real existence for us, and also ...

The cytoplasm of the fertilized egg is not homogeneous. It contains gradients of mRNAs and proteins. These are the products of the mother's ...

of a space which is locally isotropic and homogeneous is described by a single Gaussian curvature, as for a surface; mathematically these are strong ...

both fractured into a series of independent, homogeneous nation-states. Skeptics argue that only mono-cultural states can thrive, that wherever a ...

ethnic, religious, or other culturally homogeneous group resides. This has ... Thus, the population can be considered homogeneous on the state level, even ...

In homogeneous coordinates each conic section with equation of a circle is : ax^2+ay^2+2b_1xz+2b_2yz+cz^2 = 0. It can be proven that a conic section ...

boiling. This can be caused by rapidly heating a homogeneous substance while leaving it undisturbed (so as to avoid the introduction of bubbles at nucleation ...

he demonstrated that capital is not homogeneous but an intricate and diverse ... number of small firms, all selling a homogeneous good and possessing perfect ...

Expansion of the universe, A homogeneous universe of constant mass ... that on large scales the universe is homogeneous and isotropic. ...

Crystallization is the (natural or artificial) process of formation of solid crystals from a homogeneous solution or melt, or more rarely directly ...

The Grand-Place in Brussels is a homogeneous body of public and private buildings, dating mainly from the late seventeenth century. The architecture ...

relative to some of the other more homogeneous provinces in China. ... culture of Northeast China that is quite homogeneous across all of the areas ...

people saw fit. Clark theorized that with homogeneous labor, perfectly competitive firms, and diminishing marginal products of any input working with ...

similar needs. Because each segment is fairly homogeneous in their needs and attitudes, they are likely to respond similarly to a given marketing strategy ...

such as a mix of flower colors, or may be highly homogeneous plant strains produced by heavily selecting out undesirable traits, thus producing a breeding ...

God is free from all differences, homogeneous, heterogeneous and internal, and yet He really manifests Himself as the world and souls, through ...

that would make the population more homogeneous and instill values required for good citizenship. He wanted Americans to understand the principles ...

tests were used to classify children into homogeneous ability groups, what came to be known as the “tracking system.” In the 1920s, Terman ...

provided an exciting contrast to the band’s homogeneous mass, but sometimes the entire band would pick up the piano’s jumpy, airy quality, thus creating ...

crakes and gallinules. The rails are a fairly homogeneous family of small to medium sized ground living birds, although some such as the coots are more ...

The savanna formations are not homogeneous. There is great variation between the amount of woody and herbaceous vegetation, forming a gradient ...

Uruk in the 1920s found a more than 2.5m thick homogeneous silty loam stratum that was void of artifacts, which Woolley in 1931 ascribed to Noah’s Flood. ...

During those first few years, the group was still relatively homogeneous, although Van der Leck left in 1918 due to artistic differences of opinion ...

by the mythical creature's more homogeneous characteristics. The phoenix is always a bird, usually having plumage of colors corresponding ...

basic idea that the mind is not monolithic, or homogeneous, led to major developments within psychology, and continues to have an enormous influence ...

wanted to create a "more homogeneous society, but not one without social classes." He set out to "eliminate some exclusive, aristocratic ...

socially, Paraguay has one of the most homogeneous populations in Latin America ... and this makes Paraguay one of the most homogeneous countries in Latin America ...

of power include the development of fuel cells, Homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI), stirling engines, and even using the stored energy of ...

("On the Reflection of Light in a Non-Homogeneous Medium") and received his doctorate. In 1908, he published Lebensweisheit ("The ...

agree that Kievan Rus' was not a homogeneous political, cultural, or ethnic entity and that the Mongols merely accelerated fragmentation ...

ago, characterized by the simpler and more homogeneous Punuk style. Stone artifacts changed from chipped stone to ground slate; carved ivory harpoon ...

cultural state that has split into two smaller, homogeneous units. On the other hand, within the wider framework of the European Union these units are ...

Bruno also affirmed that the universe was homogeneous, made up everywhere of the four elements (water, earth, fire, and air), rather than having ...

The Eocene global climate was perhaps the most homogeneous of the Cenozoic; the temperature gradient from equator to pole is considered to be ...

*The ancient homogeneous form characterized by dense occupation, with the medina layout conforming to the topography. There are narrow alleyways ...

clouds. Stable air produces horizontally homogeneous clouds. Frontal uplift creates various cloud forms depending on the composition of the front ...

Soviets, although it was never as formalized and homogeneous as the pro-Soviet tendency. After the death of Mao in 1976 and various power-struggles ...

of a culture of Northeast China that is quite homogeneous across all of the northeastern China. In particular, Jiju, or Jilin Opera, is a form of ...

Why is the Universe isotropic and homogeneous at large distances? ==The anthropic principle== Some claim that the vast majority of possible values ...

The other, creating a society homogeneous in opinion and interest, he sees as impractical because the causes of faction, among them variant ...

embankment of well compacted earth. A homogeneous rolled-earth dam is entirely ... flow. Also, rivers tend to have fairly homogeneous temperatures, but reservoirs ...

to deny the English the initiative, and gave the homogeneous English infantry force few tactical options except defense. However, it is quite ...

The culture and religion of the Rocky Mountains reflect the homogeneous nature of North America in general. Both Canadian and the U.S. portions ...

who made up the Hispano-Gothic kingdom into a homogeneous nation, using the resources of religion and education. He succeeded in eradicating Arianism ...

Although each lichen thallus generally appears homogeneous, some evidence seems to suggest that the fungal component may consist of more than one genetic ...

The Palestinian reactions to the accords were not homogeneous, either. The Fatah accepted the accords, but Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad ...

is believed to be relatively spatially homogeneous on the scale of a single flake, leading to the arms growing to a high level of visual similarity ...

activity, with a view to realizing his ideal of a homogeneous Russia—homogeneous in language, administration, and religion. With such ideas and aspirations ...

that it appears to be relatively seismically homogeneous. D" is the layer which separates the mantle from the core. == Characteristics == ...

concrete things, but only when considered as homogeneous and comparable units of value (Fetter 1900). ===Capitalization=== Fetter viewed the value ...

can be mixed with any amount of water to form a homogeneous solution. In some cases, a pair of liquids may be mostly immiscible, but when boiled, the ...

If a current density J is passed through a homogeneous conductor, heat production per unit volume is: :q = \rho J^2 - \mu J \frac{dT}{dx}\,\! ...

be that reforms were easier to test in a small, homogeneous country than the whole of Russia. The benevolent treatment of Finland can also be seen as ...

, 148. Bernstein declared that the massive and homogeneous working-class claimed in the Communist Manifesto did not exist, and that contrary to claims ...

The formation of solid crystals from a homogeneous solution consists of two major stages: nucleation and crystal growth. Chemists and biochemists ...

a matter of speculation. It is known to be very homogeneous, not very dense and is not known to interact through any of the fundamental forces other than ...

, prismatic (aragonite or calcite), homogeneous (aragonite), foliated (aragonite), and nacre (aragonite). Shells of the class Polyplacophora ...

Hungary became an ethnically almost homogeneous country except the rapidly growing number of Roma people in the second half of the twentieth century. ...

its hue or chroma), or to produce an extremely homogeneous, smooth color surface or a controlled but delicate color transition (light to dark, or one ...

monoxide and methanol react in the presence of a homogeneous rhodium catalyst and HI to give acetic acid. This process is responsible for most of the ...

region where the Qiang people live in their own homogeneous communities. The Yi ethnic group, with the largest population of any minority in Sichuan ...

of the “extremely socially, and cognitively homogeneous society." [[Image:Pareto_distributionCDF.png|thumb|340px|Pareto cumulative distribution ...

Jevons thus recognized that people are not homogeneous and that it would be wrong to create "representative agents" depicting individual ...

the integral citizen of the universal and homogeneous state created by Napoleon. Alexandre Kojève, Gerhard Lembruch, Iring Fetscher, and Georg ...

the integral citizen of the universal and homogeneous state created by Napoleon. Alexandre Kojève, Gerhard Lembruch, Iring Fetscher, and Georg ...

Northern Mariana Islands tend to be relatively homogeneous socially and economically. ==Culture== The latte stone is the emblematic representation ...

The West is far from homogeneous. With the notable exception of Orange County, California and San Diego, California, major urban centers on the ...

and traditionalists guarding a fixed, highly homogeneous Western canon, Gates has faced criticisms from both sides; some criticize that the additional ...

as linguistically and culturally homogeneous entities, whose people told a common story about their origins and who were usually also united ...

The Sants were not homogeneous, as identification with the group was often established retrospectively, based upon the congruence between the ...

exact kind of social conflict seen in homogeneous groups (compare office politics). The demonization of others is artificial and temporary; alliances ...

For the first time in centuries the lake was a homogeneous body of water. Since then stratification has begun to redevelop. The mineral content ...

in other words, the universe is approximately homogeneous and isotropic. Such comparatively simple (homogeneous and isotropic) universes can be described ...

climate. The town consists of an ethnically-homogeneous Bosnian Catholic population of over 4000, and the Catholic Parish consists of five neighboring ...

however, resulted in a population reasonably homogeneous in appearance, language, and traditions. The first European contact came in the sixteenth ...

heated and welded to produce a more homogeneous product ===Contemporary steel=== *Carbon steel is composed simply of iron and carbon accounts ...

The other, creating a society homogeneous in opinion and interest, he sees as impractical because the causes of faction, among them variant ...

Basic categories are relatively homogeneous in terms of sensori-motor affordances—a chair is associated with bending of one's knees, ...

is closely related to that of the homogeneous establishment, providing a vital support for the existing order. But independence (such as of the ...

in a fluid state down to its crystal homogeneous nucleation at almost 231 K ... in all proportions, forming a single homogeneous liquid. On the other hand ...

Although these parties were not exclusively homogeneous in terms of their ethnic or regional make-up, the later disintegration of Nigeria results largely ...

apart at a distance y, and separated by a homogeneous substance. Assuming that the plates are very large, with a large area A, such that edge effects ...

and North American, are genetically quite homogeneous, and that their genetic phylogeography does not correspond to their traditional taxonomy (Waits ...

given time, the universe is thought to be both homogeneous and isotropic (in 3-D space). (Isotropy is the property of being independent of direction ...

Koreans stand number one on the list of homogeneous peoples, all speaking the Korean language. The combined population of the Koreas has been ...

medium, the initial composition is homogeneous throughout, consisting of about 70% hydrogen, 28% helium and trace amounts of other elements, by mass. ...

A biome is a homogeneous ecological formation that exists over a large region, such as tundra or steppes. The biosphere comprises all of the ...

, making Puerto Rico one of the most culturally homogeneous societies in the world. Since its colonization, Puerto Rico has become the permanent home ...

A biome is a homogeneous ecological formation that exists over a vast region, such as tundra or steppes. The biosphere comprises all of the Earth ...

Marshall Plan was achieved among virtually homogeneous countries, in so far as their cultural, legal, and political democratic history goes. ...

Even though Korea is considered 100 percent homogeneous, the case has been made that Koreans in the southern part of the peninsula originated in indigenous ...

Therefore we may conclude that the ultimate particles of all homogeneous bodies are perfectly alike in weight, figure, etc. In other words, every ...

people are not culturally or linguistically homogeneous. Major ethnic groups include the Zulu, Xhosa, Basotho (South Sotho), Bapedi (North Sotho), Venda ...

minerals on the planet and record the earliest homogeneous lead-lead isotope systems on the planet. These have returned age dates of 4.54 billion years ...

diverse religions and peoples and no country is homogeneous. In the world's most populous Muslim nation, Indonesia, Hinduism dominates on islands ...

The same happened in areas which were more homogeneous and were spared from major fighting such as Banja Luka, Bosanska Dubica, Bosanska Gradiska ...

15 million people, Cambodia is ethnically homogeneous. More than 90 percent of its population is of Khmer origin and speaks the Khmer language, ...

** Aqueous Homogeneous Reactor ===Future and developing technologies=== ==== Advanced reactors ==== More than a dozen advanced reactor designs ...

social ties, are clearly bounded, homogeneous, parochial, and stable. Thus, many believed that tribes organize links between families (including ...

#039;s cultural imprint as a small, ethnically homogeneous pearling community was changed with the arrival of other ethnic groups and nationals—first ...

stage is to produce both a generally homogeneous liquid capable of being treated biologically and a sludge that can be separately treated or ...

lowlands and speak the Vietnamese language. A homogeneous social group, the Kinh exert influence on national life through their control of political and ...

The modern population of Iceland is often described as a "homogeneous mixture of descendants of Norse and Celts" but some history scholars ...

Civilization," or relatively homogeneous, like the Japanese civilization. What Huntington calls the "clash of civilizations" might ...

of close to 70 million people is relatively homogeneous. More than 85 percent speak a Thai language and share a common culture. The Central Thai ...

class women, suggesting that women were a homogeneous category who shared the same life experiences. Angela Davis, Women, Race & Class (New ...

cats are simply identified as belonging to the homogeneous breeds of domestic longhair and domestic shorthair, depending on their type of fur. ...

P.Q.R. paper On the uniform motion of heat in homogeneous solid bodies, and its connection with the mathematical theory of electricity. ...

COBE results of an extremely isotropic and homogeneous background, a series of ground- and balloon-based experiments quantified CMB anisotropies on ...

style bassoon, considering them to be too homogeneous in sound with the horn. Compared to the Heckel bassoon, Buffet system bassoons have a narrower ...

The state is also known for being one of the most religiously homogeneous states in the Union, with approximately 65 percent of its inhabitants ...

|ethnic_groups = Korean (homogeneous)Central Intelligence Agency, [https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/korea-south Korea, South ...

Swedish. The state is slowly becoming less homogeneous as immigration from other parts of the world increases. Recent arrivals include Spanish-speaking ...

the peoples of the region produced a fairly homogeneous culture with complex agricultural and social patterns. Another well-known example could be ...

Libertarians and their allies are not a homogeneous group, but have collaborated to form think tanks, political parties, and other projects. ...

scale, the universe appears to be isotropic and homogeneous.N. Mandolesi, P. Calzolari, S. Cortiglioni, F. Delpino, and G. Sironi, [http://www.nature ...

until then a linguistically and culturally homogeneous society, Italy begun to attract substantial flows of foreign immigrants. Beverley Allen ...

Romans, Venetians, Ottomans and the British. The homogeneous population of Cyprus received multiple influences from the conquerors troops. ...

"Anti-Masonry There is no homogeneous anti-Masonic movement world-wide. Anti-Masonry consists of radically differing criticisms from sometimes ...

into smaller, more culturally homogeneous nation-states. This raises the question whether, if more freedom and devolved power had been vested ...

general, the term is used to denote roughly homogeneous styles of literature that center on a celebration of or reaction to the Earl of Rochester's ...

Armenia's nearly-homogeneous population is close to 3 million—the third most densely populated of the former Soviet republics. There has ...

The Egyptians are a fairly homogeneous people of Hamitic origin. Mediterranean and Arab influences appear in the north, and there is some mixing ...

of armor is expressed by comparison to rolled homogeneous armor. Most armored vehicles are best-protected at the front, and their crews always ...

living in the Valley of Kashmir is primarily homogeneous, despite the religious divide between Muslims and Hindus. They share common culture, language ...

Republic of Yugoslavia was far more ethnically homogeneous. The state's two largest ethnic groups, Serbs and Montenegrins, were almost ethnically ...

even more efficient combustion, such as HCCI (homogeneous charge compression ignition) are being studied. ==Modern diesel facts== (Source: Robert ...

politics. These groups are not internally homogeneous. For example, the Maronite, Shi'a and Druze communities have been wracked by internal fighting ...

that human beings are highly genetically homogeneous, meaning that the DNA of individual Homo sapiens is more alike than usual for most species ...

Central Asian cuisine. Turkish cuisine is not homogeneous. Aside from common Turkish specialties which can be found throughout the country, there are ...

We have clear evidence that Koreans are the most homogeneous people on the earth, so we can well expect that their history has been unbroken. Rather ...

one of the most ethnically and linguistically homogeneous in the world, with very small numbers of Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, and European expatriate ...

of Public Safety had never been a homogeneous body. It was a coalition cabinet. Its members were kept together less by comradeship or common ...

terms of ethnicity, Poland has been regarded as a homogeneous state since the end of World War II. A wide-ranging Polish diaspora exists throughout Western ...

that human beings are highly genetically homogeneous, meaning that the DNA of individual Homo sapiens is more alike than usual for most species ...

and others make up the rest. Austrians are a homogeneous people, although several decades of strong immigration have significantly altered the composition ...

Japanese society is linguistically and culturally homogeneous with only small populations of foreign workers, Zainichi Koreans, Japanese Chinese, Japanese ...

Portugal's population has been remarkably homogeneous, helping it become the first unified nation-state in Western Europe. For centuries ...

country's ethnic composition was left almost homogeneous, Hungarians constituting about 90 percent of the population, Germans made up about 6 percent ...

periods, and according to different and non-homogeneous migrating or colonization processes. In addition, there is strong and growing support ...