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non- +‎ homogeneity

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nonhomogeneity (uncountable)

  1. Absence of homogeneity.
    • 2015, G. S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan, O. Yu. Tsupko, “Gravitational Lensing in Plasmic Medium”, in Plasma Physics Reports[1], volume 2015, pages 562–581:
      In the presence of a plasma nonhomogeneity, the chromatic refractive deflection also occurs, so the presence of plasma always makes gravitational lensing chromatic.