German Meaning of homologous

homolog

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Definitions and Meaning of homologous in English

Wordnet

homologous (a)

having the same evolutionary origin but not necessarily the same function

corresponding or similar in position or structure or function or characteristics; especially derived from an organism of the same species

Webster

homologous (a.)

Having the same relative position, proportion, value, or structure.

Corresponding in relative position and proportion.

Having the same relative proportion or value, as the two antecedents or the two consequents of a proportion.

Characterized by homology; belonging to the same type or series; corresponding in composition and properties. See Homology, 3.

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.

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homolog

having the same evolutionary origin but not necessarily the same function, corresponding or similar in position or structure or function or characteristics; esp

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unterschiedlich,unvereinbar,unähnlich,fern,deutlich,charakteristisch,unterscheidbar,vielfältig,nicht-identisch,andere

homologoumena => Homologien, homologon => Homolog, homologize => homologisieren, homologise => homologisieren, homologinic => homolog,