homologous

adj. analogous, alike, equal, similar

Homology may refer to:Homology (anthropology), analogy between human beliefs, practices or artifacts due to genetic or historical connections.Homology (biology): analogy of structures due to shared ancestry.Homology (mathematics), a procedure to associate a sequence of abelian groups or modules with a given mathematical object.Homology (sociology), a structural 'resonance' between the different elements making up a socio-cultural whole.Homology modeling, a method of protein structure prediction
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Homologous /ho·mol·o·gous/ 1. corresponding in structure, position, origin, etc. 2. allogeneic. ho·mol·o·gous adj. 1. [more]Homologous - Community and Resources

Adjective
1. having the same evolutionary origin but serving different functions; "the wing of a bat and the arm of a man are homologous"
(antonym) analogous
(similar) homologic, homological
(classification) biology, biological science
2. corresponding or similar in position or structure or function or characteristics; especially derived from an organism of the same species; "a homologous tissue graft"
(antonym) heterologous

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

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

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Corresponding in relative position and proportion.
  

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

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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.