Homomerize

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To make something consist of identical or similar parts throughout, so that its composition or structure becomes uniform
2. To render a mixture or substance uniform in its makeup, with every part having the same constituents
3. To bring a material or structure into a state where all its component units are alike in kind and arrangement

Etymology: "Homomerize" is built from two parts. The first is "homomer," itself borrowed from Greek roots: "homos" meaning "same" and "meros" meaning "part." Together they describe something whose parts are alike throughout, a sense that makes the verb's meaning transparent once you see the pieces. The suffix "-ize" comes from Greek "-izein," a verb-forming ending that English adopted in large numbers, so that a noun or adjective can be turned into a verb meaning "to make or cause to become" the thing described. Attaching it to "homomer" yields the sense "to make uniform throughout," so the word describes the act of bringing every part of something into the same condition.