Usually means: Diverse, real spaces with contrasts.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word heterotopia:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. heterotopia: Merriam-Webster
  2. heterotopia: Collins English Dictionary
  3. heterotopia: Wordnik
  4. heterotopia: Wiktionary
  5. heterotopia: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. heterotopia: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. heterotopia: Dictionary.com
  8. Heterotopia (medicine), Heterotopia (space), Heterotopia: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. heterotopia: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. heterotopia: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. heterotopia: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Heterotopia: MedFriendly Glossary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. heterotopia: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (heterotopia)

noun:  (pathology) Normal tissue (or an organ) present at an abnormal part of the body
noun:  (ecology) The occurrence of an organism in a number of different habitats
noun:  (philosophy, literary criticism) A space which is alien to what is normal within the society, variably presenting a utopian vision in physical form or serving to segregate subversive elements from the wider society.

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