noun ·6 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of making something homogenous, or the same throughout; or the tendency of something to become homogenous. countable, uncountable

   "Cream does not separate from milk that has undergone a homogenization process."

2. 2
   the act of making something homogeneous or uniform in composition wordnet
3. 3
   Intensive mixing of mutually insoluble substances or groups of substances to obtain a soluble suspension or emulsion. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

homogenationhomogenisation

Example

More examples

"The country's government has an official policy of linguistic homogenization."

Etymology

From homogenize + -ation.

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