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Homology

noun

The quality of being similar or corresponding in position or value or structure or function.

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... his Outline of Cosmic Philosophy, made a very interesting remark about societies like those of China, ancient Egypt, and ancient Assyria. "I am expressing," he said, "something more than an analogy, I am describing a real homology so far as concerns the process of development,—when I say that these communities simulated modern European nations, much in the same way that a tree-fern of the carboniferous period simulated the exogenous trees of the present time." So far as ...

— Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation • Lafcadio Hearn

... cup-like scales at the base of primaries in many insects; specifically in Hymenoptera: in Lepidoptera, the patagia or shoulder tippets; but the homology is disputed; also applied to the lappet-like pieces forming the collar: in Diptera, the alulae, q.v.: the latter use is unfortunate and should be abandoned; the first definition should limit the use ...

— Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology • John. B. Smith

Words linked to "Homology" : homologic, homologize, homologous, homological, similarity