"homologous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /həˈmɒləɡəs/ Audio: en-us-homologous.ogg Forms: more homologous [comparative], most homologous [superlative]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|LL.|homologus}} Late Latin homologus, {{der|en|grc|ὁμόλογος||agreeing, of one mind}} Ancient Greek ὁμόλογος (homólogos, “agreeing, of one mind”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} homologous (comparative more homologous, superlative most homologous)
  1. Showing a degree of correspondence or similarity.
    (mathematics) In corresponding proportion.
    Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-homologous-en-adj-en:math_proportion Topics: mathematics, sciences
  2. Showing a degree of correspondence or similarity.
    (biology) Corresponding to a similar structure in another life form with a common evolutionary origin.
    Categories (topical): Biology Translations ((biology) corresponding to a similar structure in another life form): хомоложен (homoložen) (Bulgarian), homologinen (Finnish), homologue [feminine, masculine] (French), homolog (German), ομόλογος (omólogos) [masculine] (Greek), homólogo (Portuguese), homólogo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-homologous-en-adj-12lEYCf1 Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Romanian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 10 30 25 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 9 11 26 27 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 7 10 29 25 28 Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of '(biology) corresponding to a similar structure in another life form': 12 64 3 10 11
  3. Showing a degree of correspondence or similarity.
    (chemistry) Belonging to a series of aliphatic organic compounds that differ only by the addition of a CH₂ group.
    Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations ((chemistry) belonging to a series of aliphatic organic compounds): хомоложен (homoložen) (Bulgarian), homologinen (Finnish), homologue [feminine, masculine] (French), homolog (German), homólogo [masculine] (Portuguese), homólogo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-homologous-en-adj-bvPStCwL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 8 36 28 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 8 32 24 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 8 35 27 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 7 37 29 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 10 30 25 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 9 11 26 27 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 7 10 29 25 29 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 9 32 24 28 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 9 32 25 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 11 11 33 24 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 7 10 30 25 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 7 10 29 25 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 7 10 29 25 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 5 7 34 26 28 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of '(chemistry) belonging to a series of aliphatic organic compounds': 2 4 70 13 11
  4. Showing a degree of correspondence or similarity.
    (genetics) Having the same morphology as another chromosome or locus; relating to a homologue.
    Categories (topical): Genetics Translations ((genetics) having the same morphology as another chromosome): homologní (Czech), homologinen (Finnish), homologue [feminine, masculine] (French), homolog (German), ομόλογος (omólogos) [masculine] (Greek), homólogo [masculine] (Portuguese), homólogo (Spanish)
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  5. Showing a degree of correspondence or similarity.
    (cultural anthropology, structural anthropology) Playing the same role as seen in another culture, whether by historical connection, psychological archetype, convergent cultural evolution, or otherwise (as may be hypothesized but not known with certainty by current science), as for example with the cryptozoologic concepts of yeti and sasquatch, the use of polite and familiar pronouns, or other similarities.
    Categories (topical): Cultural anthropology
    Sense id: en-homologous-en-adj-DRVKPwNW Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 8 32 24 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 10 30 25 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 9 11 26 27 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 7 10 29 25 29 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 9 32 24 28 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 9 32 25 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 7 10 30 25 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 7 10 29 25 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 7 10 29 25 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 5 7 34 26 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cohomologous, homologisation, homologous blood donation, homologously, homologous pair, homologous recombination, homologous series, interhomologous, microhomologous, nonhomologous Related terms: autologous, homologation, homolog, homologue, homologize, homology Coordinate_terms: homoeologous Translations (showing a degree of correspondence): съответен (sǎotveten) (Bulgarian), samankaltainen (Finnish), homologue [feminine, masculine] (French), homolog (German), ομόλογος (omólogos) [masculine] (Greek), homólogo (Portuguese), omolog [masculine] (Romanian), homólogo (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'showing a degree of correspondence': 20 20 20 20 20
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.