Australian English Meaning of heterology
Heterogeneity
Other Australian English words related to Heterogeneity
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Nearest Words of heterology
- heteromeles => Tojon
- heteromeles arbutifolia => Tollon
- heteromera => Heteromera
- heteromerous => heteromerous
- heterometabolic => heterometabolic
- heterometabolism => Heterometabolism
- heterometabolous => heterometabolous
- heterometaboly => Heterometabolism
- heteromorphic => heteromorphic
- heteromorphism => Heteromorphism
Definitions and Meaning of heterology in English
heterology (n)
(biology) the lack of correspondence of apparently similar body parts
heterology (n.)
The absence of correspondence, or relation, in type of structure; lack of analogy between parts, owing to their being composed of different elements, or of like elements in different proportions; variation in structure from the normal form; -- opposed to homology.
The connection or relation of bodies which have partial identity of composition, but different characteristics and properties; the relation existing between derivatives of the same substance, or of the analogous members of different series; as, ethane, ethyl alcohol, acetic aldehyde, and acetic acid are in heterology with each other, though each in at the same time a member of a distinct homologous series. Cf. Homology.
FAQs About the word heterology
Heterogeneity
(biology) the lack of correspondence of apparently similar body partsThe absence of correspondence, or relation, in type of structure; lack of analogy between p
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heterologous => heterologous, heterological => Heterologous, heterologic => heterologous, heterokontophyta => Heterokontophyta, heterokontae => Heterokonts,