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Definitions from Wiktionary (heteronymy)

noun:  The condition of being heteronyms; the relationship between two words with different meanings and either the same spelling or the same pronunciation but not both.
noun:  The unrelatedness of words for items that are related by being members of a single category.
noun:  (by extension) Dissimilarity of people in a single group.
noun:  The use of multiple names for a single person or thing; polyonymy
noun:  A single word or symbol that can have different but related meanings.
noun:  Resulting from the actions of multiple or external causal agents.

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