ho|mog´e|ni|za´tion

ho|mog´e|ni|za´tion
ho|mog|e|nize «huh MOJ uh nyz», transitive verb, -nized, -niz|ing.
1. to break up the particles in (an emulsion) so that they are small enough not to separate. In homogenizing milk or cream, the fat globules are forced through narrow openings at high pressure, thus breaking the large globules insmall ones, which are distributed evenly throughout.
2. to make homogeneous; make similar or uniform: »

Newspapers, the big magazines, radio, television, and films have homogenized us. By reaching people in vast numbers with powerful effect,…they show us a world that we all seem to share (Saturday Review).

–ho|mog´e|ni|za´tion, noun.
–ho|mog´e|niz´er, noun.

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