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The quality of being similar or corresponding in position or value or structure or function
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homology
Word definitions for homology in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Homology \Ho*mol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? agreement. See Homologous .] The quality of being homologous; correspondence; relation; as, the homologyof similar polygons. (Biol.) Correspondence or relation in type of structure in contradistinction to similarity of ...
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Homologies are "structural 'resonances'...between the different elements making up a socio-cultural whole." (Middleton 1990, p. 9) Examples include Alan Lomax 's cantometrics , which: Distinguishes ten musical styles, dealing most fully with Eurasian and ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A homologous relationship. 2 (context biology English) A correspondence of structures in two life forms with a common evolutionary origin, such as flippers and hands. 3 (context chemistry English) The relationship between the elements in the same group ...
WordNet
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n. the quality of being similar or corresponding in position or value or structure or function
Usage examples of homology.
In the cases in which we know of no intermediate or transitional states, we should be very cautious in concluding that none could have existed, for the homologies of many organs and their intermediate states show that wonderful metamorphoses in function are at least possible.
In tracing the homologies of the same part in different members of a class, nothing is more common, or more necessary, than the use and discovery of rudiments.
Up to a numerical shift, these count the number of nontrivial homology three-cycles ("three-dimensional holes") and the number of homology twocycles ("two-dimensional holes").