homological
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of homological
First recorded in 1840–50; homolog(y) + -ical
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Maxim Konstevich — For numerous contributions which have taken the fruitful interaction between modern theoretical physics and mathematics to new heights, including the development of homological mirror symmetry, and the study of wall-crossing phenomena.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 31, 2012
De Candolle believes that the tendrils differ in their homological nature in two of the tribes.
From The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants by Charles Darwin
His body is constructed on the same homological plan as that of other mammals, independently of the uses to which the several parts may be put.
From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Charles Darwin
This would be an excellent scheme; but I observe that botanists are by no means unanimous on the homological nature of certain tendrils.
From The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants by Charles Darwin
And this difficulty would, indeed, be a formidable one to the theory of evolution, if the similarity were not only analogical but homological.
From Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions by George John Romanes
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