homologous

• POS: Adverb
• HYPHEN: ho=mol=o=gous

CIDE DICTIONARY

homologous, a. [Gr. assenting, agreeing; the same + speech, discourse, proportion, to say, speak.].

 Having the same relative position, proportion, value, or structure.  [1913 Webster]
"In similar polygons, the corresponding sides, angles, diagonals, etc., are homologous."

Homologous stimulus. (Physiol.) See under Stimulus.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

homologous, adj.
1 a having the same relation, relative position, etc. b corresponding.
2 Biol. (of organs etc.) similar in position and structure but not necessarily in function.
3 Biol. (of chromosomes) pairing at meiosis and having the same structural features and pattern of genes.
4 Chem. (of a series of chemical compounds) having the same functional group but differing in composition by a fixed group of atoms.

Etymology

med.L homologus f. Gk (as HOMO-, logos ratio, proportion)

THESAURUS

homologous

analogous, answering, approximate, approximating, approximative, close, coequal, comparable, complemental, complementary, correspondent, corresponding, equipollent, equivalent, like, near, proximate, reciprocal, reciprocative, relatable, similar, tantamount

ROGET THESAURUS

homologous

Uniformity

N uniformity, homogeneity, homogeneousness, consistency, connaturality, connaturalness, homology, accordance, conformity, agreement, consonance, uniformness, regularity, constancy, even tenor, routine, monotony, uniform, homogeneous, homologous, of a piece, consistent, connatural, monotonous, even, invariable, regular, unchanged, undeviating, unvaried, unvarying, unsegmented, uniformly, uniformly with, in harmony with, always, invariably, without exception, without fail, unfailingly, never otherwise, by clockwork, ab uno disce omnes.

Equality

N equality, parity, coextension, symmetry, balance, poise, evenness, monotony, level, equivalence, equipollence, equipoise, equilibrium, equiponderance, par, quits, a wash, not a pin to choose, distinction without a difference, six of one and half a dozen of the other, tweedle dee and tweedle dum, identity, similarity, equalization, equation, equilibration, co-ordination, adjustment, readjustment, drawn game, drawn battle, neck and neck race, tie, draw, standoff, dead heat, match, peer, compeer, equal, mate, fellow, brother, equivalent, equal, even, level, monotonous, coequal, symmetrical, coordinate, on a par with, on a level with, on a footing with, up to the mark, equiparant, equivalent, tantamount, indistinguishable, quits, homologous, synonymous, resolvable into, convertible, much at one, as broad as long, neither more nor less, much the same as, the same thing as, as good as, all one, all the same, equipollent, equiponderant, equiponderous, equibalanced, equalized, drawn, half and half, isochronal, isochronous isoperimetric, isoperimetrical, isobath, isobathic, equally, pari passu, ad eundum, caeteris paribus, in equilibrio, to all intents and purposes, it comes to the same thing, it amounts to the same thing, what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gande.