About The Word Homologous
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Homologous
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What's The Definition Of Homologous?
[adj] corresponding or similar in position or structure or function or characteristics; especially derived from an organism of the same species; "a homologous tissue graft"
[adj] (biology) having the same evolutionary origin but serving different functions; "the wing of a bat and the arm of a man are homologous" Synonyms | Synonyms for Homologous: homologic | homological Related Terms | Find terms related to Homologous: analogous | answering | approximate | approximating | approximative | close | coequal | comparable | complemental | complementary | correspondent | corresponding | equipollent | equivalent | like | near | proximate | reciprocal | reciprocative | relatable | similar | tantamount See Also | Homologous In Webster's Dictionary \Ho*mol"o*gous\, a. [Gr. ? assenting, agreeing; ? the
same + ? speech, discourse, proportion, ? to say, speak.]
Having the same relative position, proportion, value, or
structure. Especially:
(a) (Geom.) Corresponding in relative position and
proportion.
In similar polygons, the corresponding sides,
angles, diagonals, etc., are homologous. --Davies &
Peck (Math.
Dict.).
(b) (Alg.) Having the same relative proportion or value, as
the two antecedents or the two consequents of a
proportion.
(c) (Chem.) Characterized by homology; belonging to the same
type or series; corresponding in composition and
properties. See {Homology}, 3.
(d) (Biol.) Being of the same typical structure; having like
relations to a fundamental type to structure; as, those
bones in the hand of man and the fore foot of a horse are
homologous that correspond in their structural relations,
that is, in their relations to the type structure of the
fore limb in vertebrates.
{Homologous stimulus}. (Physiol.) See under {Stimulus}.
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