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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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. {Homologous stimulus}. (Physiol.) See under {Stimulus}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: homologous adj 1: (biology) having the same evolutionary origin but serving different functions; "the wing of a bat and the arm of a man are homologous" [ant: {analogous}, {heterologous}] 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" [ant: {heterologous}, {autologous}]
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