homogenize

American  

[huh-moj-uh-nahyz, hoh-] / həˈmɒdʒ əˌnaɪz, hoʊ- /

especially British, homogenise

verb (used with object)

homogenized, homogenizing

1. to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.

2. to prepare an emulsion, as by reducing the size of the fat globules in (milk or cream) in order to distribute them equally throughout.

3. to make uniform or similar, as in composition or function.

   to homogenize school systems.

4. Metallurgy. to subject (metal) to high temperature to ensure uniform diffusion of components.

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verb (used without object)

homogenized, homogenizing

1. to become homogenized.

homogenize British  

/ hɒˈmɒdʒɪˌnaɪz /

verb

1. (tr) to break up the fat globules in (milk or cream) so that they are evenly distributed

2. to make or become homogeneous

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Other Word Forms

• homogenization noun
• homogenizer noun
• overhomogenize verb (used with object)
• unhomogenized adjective

Etymology

Origin of homogenize

First recorded in 1885–90; homogen(eous) + -ize

Example Sentences

Museum director-general Bart Ouvry said a new effort to digitize its archives commenced at the start of February, building on past work to create a homogenized data set.

From The Wall Street Journal

There isn’t anywhere else that one can walk into and immediately satisfy the social instinct among a convivial and refreshingly diverse clientele in what is becoming an increasingly homogenized locality.

From Los Angeles Times

The loaf holds together, but it doesn’t feel homogenized.

From Salon

“Crash” eschewed Charli’s typical boundary-pushing electronic sound to aim for something notably more commercial, and, ever the rebel, Charli attempted to homogenize this marketable music with visual ideas that were more to her own taste.

From Salon

“I do get wary of anything that homogenizes us.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• accommodate
• adapt
• blend in