Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To make homogeneous.
- v. To reduce to particles and disperse throughout a fluid.
- v. To make uniform in consistency, especially to render (milk) uniform in consistency by emulsifying the fat content.
- v. To become homogenized.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To make homogeneous; mix evenly, as several ingredients; reduce to an even standard.
Wiktionary
- v. To make homogenous, to blend or puree.
- v. Specifically, to treat milk so that the cream no longer separates.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To blend (a collection of unlike elements) together so as to make the whole uniform in character, composition, or function.
- v. To blend separated liquids together so as to form a uniform emulsion which does not separate out into its original constituents on standing; -- used especially of milk.
WordNet 3.0
- v. break up the fat globules of
- v. cause to become equal or homogeneous as by mixing
- v. become homogeneous or similar, as by mixing
Etymologies
- From homogeneous. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“It was also the job of Sejanes and An'desha to "homogenize" the incoming energies by mixing them, for a flood of only one kind might do the same thing.”
“An increasing body of evidence suggests that the methods used to "homogenize" global temperature data were very effectively adding a warming bias to that data - a "thumb on the scale" that appears to account for a good bit of the observed warming.”
“The three groups take raw data, and they "homogenize" it to remove temperature discrepancies that occur when a station is moved to a warmer or colder location.”
“The three groups take raw data, and they "homogenize" it to remove temperature discrepancy'st hat occur when a station is moved to a warmer or colder location.”
“The three groups take raw data, and they "homogenize" it to remove temperature discrepanciest hat occur when a station is moved to a warmer or colder location.”
“The three groups take raw data, and they "homogenize" it to remove temperature discrepancy's that occur when a station is moved to a warmer or colder location.”
“I have an old Champion juicer that has a "homogenize" function that re-blends juice and pulp.”
“One expert on Tibet said China's leaders like to "homogenize" Tibet's problems as a development issue to downplay the region's distinct culture.”
“Please someone look at how their computer codes "homogenize" the temp data for all of these studies.”
“The three groups take raw data, and they "homogenize" it to remove things like when a station was moved to a warmer location and there's a 2C jump in the temperature.”
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