homologous
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Definition of homologous
5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Showing a degree of correspondence or similarity.
“Of equiangle triangles, the ſides that are about equall angles are proportionall, and the ſides that ſubtend the equall angles are homologous.”
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adj
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Showing a degree of correspondence or similarity.
“Of equiangle triangles, the ſides that are about equall angles are proportionall, and the ſides that ſubtend the equall angles are homologous.”
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Showing a degree of correspondence or similarity.
“Flippers and hands are homologous structures.”
“Lobules, homologous in structure, recur again only in the Gondwanalandic families Lepidolaenaceae and Jubulopsidaceae thus in the Lepidolaenineae.”
- Showing a degree of correspondence or similarity.
- Showing a degree of correspondence or similarity.
- Showing a degree of correspondence or similarity.
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Hellenic *homós Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Ancient Greek -λογος (-logos) Ancient Greek ὁμόλογος (homólogos)der. Late Latin homologusder. English…
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Hellenic *homós Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Ancient Greek -λογος (-logos) Ancient Greek ὁμόλογος (homólogos)der. Late Latin homologusder. English homologous From Late Latin homologus, from Ancient Greek ὁμόλογος (homólogos, “agreeing, of one mind”), from ὁμός (homós, “same”) + λόγος (lógos, “reason, reckoning”). Compare homo- (“same”) and -ous (adjectival suffix). From 1655, in the mathematical sense. See also homolog, homologue.
Words you can make from homologous
126 playable · top: HOMOLOGS (14 pts)
Best play homologs 14 points7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
9 words5-letter words
18 words4-letter words
48 words- HOLM 9 pts
- HOMO 9 pts
- HOMS 9 pts
- HUMS 9 pts
- MHOS 9 pts
- MOHO 9 pts
- MOSH 9 pts
- MUSH 9 pts
- OHMS 9 pts
- SHMO 9 pts
- GOSH 8 pts
- GUSH 8 pts
- HOGS 8 pts
- HUGS 8 pts
- SHOG 8 pts
- SUGH 8 pts
- UGHS 8 pts
- GLOM 7 pts
- GLUM 7 pts
- GUMS 7 pts
- HOLO 7 pts
- HOLS 7 pts
- LUSH 7 pts
- MOGS 7 pts
- MUGS 7 pts
- OOHS 7 pts
- SHOO 7 pts
- SHUL 7 pts
- SMOG 7 pts
- SMUG 7 pts
- LOOM 6 pts
- LUMS 6 pts
- MOLS 6 pts
- MOOL 6 pts
- MOOS 6 pts
- MUSO 6 pts
- SLUM 6 pts
- SUMO 6 pts
- GOOS 5 pts
- GULS 5 pts
- LOGO 5 pts
- LOGS 5 pts
- LUGS 5 pts
- SLOG 5 pts
- SLUG 5 pts
- LOOS 4 pts
- SOLO 4 pts
- SOUL 4 pts
3-letter words
34 words- HOM 8 pts
- HUM 8 pts
- MHO 8 pts
- OHM 8 pts
- HOG 7 pts
- HUG 7 pts
- UGH 7 pts
- GUM 6 pts
- HOO 6 pts
- HOS 6 pts
- MOG 6 pts
- MUG 6 pts
- OHO 6 pts
- OHS 6 pts
- OOH 6 pts
- SHO 6 pts
- SOH 6 pts
- LUM 5 pts
- MOL 5 pts
- MOO 5 pts
- MOS 5 pts
- MUS 5 pts
- OMS 5 pts
- SOM 5 pts
- SUM 5 pts
- UMS 5 pts
- GOO 4 pts
- GOS 4 pts
- GUL 4 pts
- LOG 4 pts
- LUG 4 pts
- LOO 3 pts
- SOL 3 pts
- SOU 3 pts
2-letter words
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