'Homologous' definitions:
Definition of 'homologous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having the same evolutionary origin but not necessarily the same function; "the wing of a bat and the arm of a man are homologous" [ant: analogous, heterologic, heterological, heterologous]
adjective
Corresponding or similar in position or structure or function or characteristics; especially derived from an organism of the same species; "a homologous tissue graft" [ant: autologous, heterologous]
Definition of 'Homologous'
From: GCIDE
- Homologous \Ho*mol"o*gous\, a. [Gr. ? assenting, agreeing; ? the same + ? speech, discourse, proportion, ? to say, speak.] Having the same relative position, proportion, value, or structure. Especially: (a) (Geom.) Corresponding in relative position and proportion. [1913 Webster]
- In similar polygons, the corresponding sides, angles, diagonals, etc., are homologous. --Davies & Peck (Math. Dict.). (b) (Alg.) Having the same relative proportion or value, as the two antecedents or the two consequents of a proportion. (c) (Chem.) Characterized by homology; belonging to the same type or series; corresponding in composition and properties. See Homology, 3. (d) (Biol.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- Homologous stimulus. (Physiol.) See under Stimulus. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'homologous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- analogous,
- answering,
- approximate,
- approximating,
- approximative,
- close,
- coequal,
- comparable,
- complemental,
- complementary,
- correspondent,
- corresponding,
- equipollent,
- equivalent,
- like,
- near,
- proximate,
- reciprocal,
- reciprocative,
- relatable,
- similar,
- tantamount