Refine this word faster
Homologous
//həˈmɒləɡəs// adj
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Showing a degree of correspondence or similarity.; In corresponding proportion.
"Of equiangle triangles, the ſides that are about equall angles are proportionall, and the ſides that ſubtend the equall angles are homologous."
- 2 Showing a degree of correspondence or similarity.; Corresponding to a similar structure in another life form with a common evolutionary origin.
"Flippers and hands are homologous structures."
- 3 Showing a degree of correspondence or similarity.; Belonging to a series of aliphatic organic compounds that differ only by the addition of a CH₂ group.
- 4 Showing a degree of correspondence or similarity.; Having the same morphology as another chromosome or locus; relating to a homologue.
- 5 Showing a degree of correspondence or similarity.; Playing the same role as seen in another culture, whether by historical connection, psychological archetype, convergent cultural evolution, or otherwise (as may be hypothesized but not known with certainty by current science), as for example with the cryptozoologic concepts of yeti and sasquatch, the use of polite and familiar pronouns, or other similarities.
Adjective
- 1 corresponding or similar in position or structure or function or characteristics; especially derived from an organism of the same species wordnet
- 2 having the same evolutionary origin but not necessarily the same function wordnet
Etymology
From Late Latin homologus, from Ancient Greek ὁμόλογος (homólogos, “agreeing, of one mind”), from ὁμός (homós, “same”) + λόγος (lógos, “reason, reckoning”). Compare homo- (“same”) and -ous (adjectival suffix). From 1655, in the mathematical sense. See also homolog, homologue.
See also for "homologous"
Next best steps
Mini challenge
Unscramble this word: homologous