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homology

[ huh-mol-uh-jee, hoh- ]

noun

plural homologies.
  1. the state of being homologous; homologous relation or correspondence.
  2. Biology.
    1. a fundamental similarity based on common descent.
    2. a structural similarity of two segments of one animal based on a common developmental origin.
  3. Chemistry. the similarity of organic compounds of a series in which each member differs from its adjacent compounds by a fixed increment, as by CH 2 .
  4. Mathematics. a classification of figures according to certain topological properties.


homology

/ 丑蓹蕣藞尘蓲濒蓹诲萧瑟 /

noun

  1. the condition of being homologous
  2. chem the similarities in chemical behaviour shown by members of a homologous series
  3. zoology the measurable likenesses between animals, as used in grouping them according to the theory of cladistics
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

homology

  1. A homologous relationship or correspondence.
  2. The relation of the chemical elements of a periodic family or group.
  3. The relation of the organic compounds forming a homologous series.
  4. A topological classification of configurations into distinct types that imposes an algebraic structure or hierarchy on families of geometric figures.
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of homology1

1650鈥60; < Greek 丑辞尘辞濒辞驳铆补 agreement, equivalent to 丑辞尘贸濒辞驳 ( os ) homologous + -ia -y 3
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of homology1

C17: from Greek homologia agreement, from homologos agreeing; see homologate
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However, homology between trunk somites and such head segments has been controversial.

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Mathematician Jose Perea of Northeastern University and a team of computational biologists used persistent homology to find periodic biological processes鈥攖hose that repeat at regular intervals.

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Serpell and other scientists tend to characterize this position as an overcorrection, but those who espouse it often begin by questioning the homology between dogs and wolves.

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It has some of the same molecular homology as SARS.

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鈥淐omparing to both of them and showing strong homology to both of them, we鈥檝e kind of covered the range of what one would see in the mouse cortex,鈥 Lein says.

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