Homogeneity
Homogeneity
(Lat. homogeneitas) The condition of having similar parts; uniformity of composition; identity of kind. Hamilton’s Law of, “that however different any two concepts may be, they both are subordinate to some higher concept — things most unlike must in some respects be like”. Employed by H. Spencer (1820-1903) to denote the absence of differentiation in the cosmic material. Opposite of heterogeneity (q.v.). — J.K.F.