Vocabulary : Homologoumena to Homomorphy
Homologoumena : Those books of the New Testament which were acknowledged as canonical by the early church; -- distinguished from antilegomena.Homologous : Having the same relative position, proportion, value, or structure. ;; Corresponding in relative position and proportion. ;; Having the same relative proportion or value, as the two antecedents or the two consequents of a proportion. ;; Characterized by homology; belonging to the same type or series; corresponding in composition and properties. See Homology, 3. ;; 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.
Homolographic : Preserving the mutual relations of parts, especially as to size and form; maintaining relative proportion.
Homologue : That which is homologous to something else; as, the corresponding sides, etc., of similar polygons are the homologues of each other; the members or terms of an homologous series in chemistry are the homologues of each other; one of the bones in the hand of man is the homologue of that in the paddle of a whale.
Homology : The quality of being homologous; correspondence; relation; as, the homologyof similar polygons. ;; Correspondence or relation in type of structure in contradistinction to similarity of function; as, the relation in structure between the leg and arm of a man; or that between the arm of a man, the fore leg of a horse, the wing of a bird, and the fin of a fish, all these organs being modifications of one type of structure. ;; The correspondence or resemblance of substances belonging to the same type or series; a similarity of composition varying by a small, regular difference, and usually attended by a regular variation in physical properties; as, there is an homology between methane, CH4, ethane, C2H6, propane, C3H8, etc., all members of the paraffin series. In an extended sense, the term is applied to the relation between chemical elements of the same group; as, chlorine, bromine, and iodine are said to be in homology with each other. Cf. Heterology.
