Homology

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The quality or condition of being homologous.
  • n. A homologous relationship or correspondence.
  • n. Chemistry The relation of the elements of a periodic family or group.
  • n. Chemistry The relation of the organic compounds forming a homologous series.
  • n. Mathematics A topological classification of configurations into distinct types that imposes an algebraic structure or hierarchy on families of geometric figures.
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  • n. A homologous relationship.
  • n. A correspondence of structures in two life forms with a common evolutionary origin, such as flippers and hands.
  • n. The relationship between the elements in the same group of the periodic table, or between organic compounds in a homologous series.
  • n. A theory associating a system of quotient groups to each topological space.
  • n. A system of quotient groups associated to a topological space.
  • n. The presence of the same series of bases in related genes.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The quality of being homologous; correspondence; relation.
  • n. Correspondence or relation in type of structure in contradistinction to similarity of function; as, the relation in structure between the leg and arm of a man; or that between the arm of a man, the fore leg of a horse, the wing of a bird, and the fin of a fish, all these organs being modifications of one type of structure.
  • n. The correspondence or resemblance of substances belonging to the same type or series; a similarity of composition varying by a small, regular difference, and usually attended by a regular variation in physical properties; , all members of the paraffin series. In an extended sense, the term is applied to the relation between chemical elements of the same group. Cf. Heterology.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The state or character of being homologous; correspondence.
  • n. In geometry, the relation between two corresponding figures lying in the same plane which are such that corresponding points are collinear With a fixed point called the center of homology, while corresponding lines intersect on a fixed line called the axis of homology.
  • n. In chem., the relationship which the members of a homologous series bear to one another.
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  • n. the quality of being similar or corresponding in position or value or structure or function
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    similarity   
    Variant
    heterology   
    Form
    cohomology    microhomology   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    correspondence    relation   
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