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Meanings of Heterodoxy:

noun

Deviation from accepted or orthodox standards or beliefs.

Usage examples:

His work was marked by elements of theological heterodoxy

Meanings of Heterodyne:

adjective

Relating to the production of a lower frequency from the combination of two almost equal high frequencies, as used in radio transmission.

Usage examples:

A heterodyne interferometer

verb

Combine (a high-frequency signal) with another to produce a lower frequency.

Usage examples:

Heterodyning converts incoming reference and test signals to 45 mhz

Meanings of Heterodyned:

verb

Combine (a high-frequency signal) with another to produce a lower frequency.

Usage examples:

Heterodyning converts incoming reference and test signals to 45 mhz

adjective

Relating to the production of a lower frequency from the combination of two almost equal high frequencies, as used in radio transmission.

Usage examples:

A heterodyne interferometer

Meanings of Heterodyning:

verb

Combine (a high-frequency signal) with another to produce a lower frequency.

Usage examples:

Heterodyning converts incoming reference and test signals to 45 mhz

adjective

Relating to the production of a lower frequency from the combination of two almost equal high frequencies, as used in radio transmission.

Usage examples:

A heterodyne interferometer

Meanings of Heteroerotic:

adjective

Relating to hybrid vigour (heterosis).

Usage examples:

These two strains are quite divergent for various qualitative and quantitative traits and produce h…

Meanings of Heterogametic:

adjective

Denoting the sex which has sex chromosomes that differ in morphology, resulting in two different kinds of gamete, e.g. (in mammals) the male and (in birds) the female.

Usage examples:

However, the sex chromosomes of birds contain a complement of genes different from those on the mam…

Meanings of Heterogamy:

noun

Marriage between people from different sociological or educational backgrounds.

Usage examples:

An examination of the relative social positions of spouses shows that heterogamy, the marriage of p…

Meanings of Heterogeneity:

noun

The quality or state of being diverse in character or content.

Usage examples:

The genetic heterogeneity of human populations

Meanings of Heterogeneous:

adjective

Diverse in character or content.

Usage examples:

A large and heterogeneous collection

Meanings of Heterograft:

noun

Another term for xenograft.

Meanings of Heterokontae:

noun

Originally: a member of the class heterokontae (now usually called xanthophyceae), containing yellow-green algae whose motile cells or zoospores have two dissimilar flagella (now rare). in later use: a member of the (proposed) phylum heterokonta, a much broader group of single-celled and multicellular eukaryotes also including brown algae, diatoms, oomycetes, and other algal or fungus-like organisms, whose motile cells or zoospores typically have two dissimilar flagella, one with lateral filaments and the other smooth and shorter (or sometimes absent).

adjective

Of or relating to heterokonts.

Meanings of Heterokontan:

noun

Originally: a member of the class heterokontae (now usually called xanthophyceae), containing yellow-green algae whose motile cells or zoospores have two dissimilar flagella (now rare). in later use: a member of the (proposed) phylum heterokonta, a much broader group of single-celled and multicellular eukaryotes also including brown algae, diatoms, oomycetes, and other algal or fungus-like organisms, whose motile cells or zoospores typically have two dissimilar flagella, one with lateral filaments and the other smooth and shorter (or sometimes absent).

adjective

Of or relating to heterokonts.

Meanings of Heterologous:

adjective

Having a different relation, relative position, or structure; not homologous.

Usage examples:

Heterologous antiserum

Meanings of Heteromerous:

adjective

Having or composed of parts that differ in number or position.

Usage examples:

Diagnostic characters for adults include emarginate eyes, definite epistomal margin, heteromerous t…

Meanings of Heteromorphic:

adjective

Occurring in two or more different forms, especially at different stages in the life cycle.

Usage examples:

Silene latifolia is a dioecious plant with heteromorphic sex chromosomes.

Meanings of Heteromorphism:

noun

The quality or condition of existing in various forms.

Usage examples:

Chromosomal heteromorphism

Meanings of Heteromorphous:

adjective

Occurring in two or more different forms, especially at different stages in the life cycle.

Usage examples:

Silene latifolia is a dioecious plant with heteromorphic sex chromosomes.

Meanings of Heteronomous:

adjective

Subject to a law or standard external to itself.

Usage examples:

Conversely the more heteronomous they are in their literary practices, the more inclined they are t…

Meanings of Heteronym:

noun

Each of two or more words which are spelled identically but have different sounds and meanings, such as tear meaning ‘rip’ and tear meaning ‘liquid from the eye’.

Meanings of Heterophilic:

adjective

Of or relating to the tendency of people to seek out or be drawn to those they perceive to be different to themselves.

Meanings of Heteropolar:

adjective

Characterized by opposite or alternating polarity.

Usage examples:

All cells in the colony are heteropolar, and all setae are directed toward one end of the chain.

Meanings of Heteroptera:

plural noun

A group of true bugs comprising those in which the forewings are non-uniform, having a thickened base and membranous tip. the predatory and water bugs belong to this group, as well as many plant bugs.

Usage examples:

To date, 10 insect orders, homoptera, heteroptera, lepidoptera, coleoptera, hymenoptera, diptera, o…

Meanings of Heteros:

noun

A heterosexual person.

adjective

Heterosexual.

Usage examples:

Hetero and gay couples

Meanings of Heterosex:

adjective

Heterosexual.

noun

Sexual intercourse or activity between people of opposite sexes. also: the state or quality of being sexually attracted to individuals of the opposite sex.

Meanings of Heterosexual:

adjective

Sexually or romantically attracted exclusively to people of the opposite sex.

Usage examples:

I consider myself heterosexual

noun

(of a person) sexually attracted to people of the opposite sex.