Dictionary Entry
homology
homology is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The quality of being homologous; correspondence; relation; as, the homologyof similar polygons. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 18 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The quality of being homologous; correspondence; relation; as, the homologyof similar polygons.
- 2noun
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.
- 3noun
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; as, there is an homology between methane, CH4, ethane, C2H6, propane, C3H8, etc., all members of the paraffin series. In an extended sense, the term is applied to the relation between chemical elements of the same group; as, chlorine, bromine, and iodine are said to be in homology with each other. Cf. Heterology.
- 4noun
the quality of being similar or corresponding in position or value or structure or function
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