nonuniform

Thân thiện

The team wore nonuniform jerseys to the game.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Not uniform; not having a consistent or homogeneous character: Describes something that varies in form, quality, nature, or degree across its parts or over time. It indicates a lack of regularity, consistency, or even distribution.

Usage and Examples

• Adjective:
  • The material exhibited a nonuniform texture, with rough patches scattered among smooth areas.
  • The survey revealed nonuniform opinions across different age groups.
  • Due to nonuniform heating, the cake did not bake evenly.

Advanced Usage

• Scientific/Technical Contexts: Frequently used in mathematics, physics, engineering, and statistics to describe systems, fields, distributions, or structures that are not constant or identical throughout.
  • The researchers studied the effects of a nonuniform magnetic field on the particles.
  • A nonuniform sampling method can introduce bias into the data.

Variants and Related Words

• Nonuniformity (noun): The state or quality of being nonuniform.
  • The nonuniformity of the light distribution was carefully measured.
• Nonuniformly (adverb): In a nonuniform manner.
  • The resources were distributed nonuniformly among the departments.

Synonyms

• Heterogeneous: Consisting of diverse or dissimilar elements.
• Variable: Liable to change; not constant.
• Irregular: Not even or balanced in shape, arrangement, or occurrence.
• Inconsistent: Not staying the same throughout.

Antonyms

• Uniform: Remaining the same in all cases and at all times; consistent and homogeneous.
• Homogeneous: Of the same kind; alike.
• Constant: Occurring continuously over a period of time; unchanging.
• Regular: Arranged or occurring in a constant or repeating pattern.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. not homogeneous

Từ đồng nghĩa

• inhomogeneous