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  2. Heterosexuality - Wikipedia

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    Hetero-comes from the Greek word ἕτερος [héteros], meaning "other party" or "another", [13] used in science as a prefix meaning "different"; [14] and the Latin word for sex (that is, characteristic sex or sexual differentiation). The current use of the term heterosexual has its roots in the broader 19th century tradition of personality ...

  3. Homogeneity and heterogeneity - Wikipedia

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    Homogeneity and heterogeneity; only ' b ' is homogeneous Homogeneity and heterogeneity are concepts relating to the uniformity of a substance, process or image.A homogeneous feature is uniform in composition or character (i.e., color, shape, size, weight, height, distribution, texture, language, income, disease, temperature, radioactivity, architectural design, etc.); one that is heterogeneous ...

  4. Homoscedasticity and heteroscedasticity - Wikipedia

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    Consider the linear regression equation = +, =, …,, where the dependent random variable equals the deterministic variable times coefficient plus a random disturbance term that has mean zero. The disturbances are homoscedastic if the variance of ε i {\displaystyle \varepsilon _{i}} is a constant σ 2 {\displaystyle \sigma ^{2}} ; otherwise ...

  5. Homogeneity and heterogeneity (statistics) - Wikipedia

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    “Skedasticity” comes from the Ancient Greek word “skedánnymi”, meaning “to scatter”. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Assuming a variable is homoscedastic when in reality it is heteroscedastic ( / ˌ h ɛ t ər oʊ s k ə ˈ d æ s t ɪ k / ) results in unbiased but inefficient point estimates and in biased estimates of standard errors , and may ...

  6. Human - Wikipedia

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    Carl Linnaeus coined the name Homo sapiens. All modern humans are classified into the species Homo sapiens, coined by Carl Linnaeus in his 1735 work Systema Naturae. [4] The generic name Homo is a learned 18th-century derivation from Latin homō, which refers to humans of either sex. [5] [6] The word human can refer to all members of the Homo ...

  7. Heteronormativity - Wikipedia

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    The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with the English-speaking world and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. You may improve this article, discuss the issue on the talk page, or create a new article, as appropriate.

  8. Hetero (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Hetero derives from the Greek word heteros meaning "different" or "other". It may refer to: Heterodoxy, belief or practice that differs from what is assumed as orthodoxy; Heterosexuality, attraction towards the opposite sex; Hetero Drugs, an Indian pharmaceutical company

  9. Homoeroticism - Wikipedia

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    According to the Oxford English Dictionary, it is "pertaining to or characterized by a tendency for erotic emotions to be centered on a person of the same sex; or pertaining to a homo-erotic person." [2] This is a relatively recent dichotomy [3] that has been studied in the earliest times of ancient poetry to modern drama by modern scholars.