inhomogeneity
noun
in·ho·mo·ge·ne·i·ty
(ˌ)in-ˌhō-mə-jə-ˈnē-ə-tē 
-ˈnā-
-ˈnā-
also nonstandard -ˈnī-;
especially British -ˌhä-mə-
plural inhomogeneities
1
: the condition or an instance of not being homogeneous
2
: a part that is not homogeneous with the larger uniform mass in which it occurs
especially
: a localized collection of matter in the universe
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At that time, various physicists, including Hawking, were trying to patch up a serious problem (too much inhomogeneity) in Guth’s original inflation theory.
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Alan Lightman, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2021
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inhomogeneity
noun
in·ho·mo·ge·ne·ity
ˌin-ˌhō-mə-jə-ˈnē-ət-ē, -ˈnā-; especially British -ˌhäm-ə-
plural inhomogeneities
: lack of homogeneity
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