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heterodoxy
  • n  any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position
  • n  the quality of being unorthodox
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heterodyne oscillator
  • n  an oscillator whose output heterodynes with the incoming radio signal to produce sum and difference tones
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heterodyne receiver
  • n  a radio receiver that combines a locally generated frequency with the carrier frequency to produce a supersonic signal that is demodulated and amplified
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heterogeneity
  • n  the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind
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heterogeneousness
  • n  the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind
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heterogenesis
  • n  the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal
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heterograft
  • n  tissue from an animal of one species used as a temporary graft (as in cases of severe burns) on an individual of another species
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heterokontae
  • n  all the yellow-green algae having flagella of unequal length
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heterokontophyta
  • n  algae having chlorophyll a and usually c, and flagella of unequal lengths; terminology supersedes Chrysophyta in some classifications
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heterology
  • n  (biology) the lack of correspondence of apparently similar body parts
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heteromeles
  • n  one species: toyon; in some classifications included in genus Photinia
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heteromeles arbutifolia
  • n  ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits; often placed in genus Photinia
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heterometabolism
  • n  development of insects with incomplete metamorphosis in which no pupal stage precedes maturity
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heterometaboly
  • n  development of insects with incomplete metamorphosis in which no pupal stage precedes maturity
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