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  • English Word Homomorphic Definition Alt. of Homomorphous
  • English Word Homomorphism Definition Same as Homomorphy.
  • English Word Homomorphism Definition The possession, in one species of plants, of only one kind of flowers; -- opposed to heteromorphism, dimorphism, and trimorphism.
  • English Word Homomorphism Definition The possession of but one kind of larvae or young, as in most insects.
  • English Word Homomorphous Definition Characterized by homomorphism.
  • English Word Homomorphy Definition Similarity of form; resemblance in external characters, while widely different in fundamental structure; resemblance in geometric ground form. See Homophyly, Promorphology.
  • English Word Homonomous Definition Of or pertaining to homonomy.
  • English Word Homonomy Definition The homology of parts arranged on transverse axes.
  • English Word Homonym Definition A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning; as the noun bear and the verb bear.
  • English Word Homonymous Definition Having the same name or designation; standing in the same relation; -- opposed to heteronymous.
  • English Word Homonymous Definition Having the same name or designation, but different meaning or relation; hence, equivocal; ambiguous.
  • English Word Homonymously Definition In an homonymous manner; so as to have the same name or relation.
  • English Word Homonymously Definition Equivocally; ambiguously.
  • English Word Homonymy Definition Sameness of name or designation; identity in relations.
  • English Word Homonymy Definition Sameness of name or designation of things or persons which are different; ambiguity.
  • English Word Homoorgan Definition Same as Homoplast.
  • English Word Homoousian Definition One of those, in the 4th century, who accepted the Nicene creed, and maintained that the Son had the same essence or substance with the Father; -- opposed to homoiousian.
  • English Word Homoousian Definition Of or pertaining to the Homoousians, or to the doctrines they held.
  • English Word Homophone Definition A letter or character which expresses a like sound with another.
  • English Word Homophone Definition A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning and usually in spelling; as, all and awl; bare and bear; rite, write, right, and wright.
  • English Word Homophonic Definition Alt. of Homophonous
  • English Word Homophonous Definition Originally, sounding alike; of the same pitch; unisonous; monodic.
  • English Word Homophonous Definition Now used for plain harmony, note against note, as opposed to polyphonic harmony, in which the several parts move independently, each with its own melody.
  • English Word Homophonous Definition Expressing the same sound by a different combination of letters; as, bay and bey.
  • English Word Homophony Definition Sameness of sound.
  • English Word Homophony Definition Sameness of sound; unison.
  • English Word Homophony Definition Plain harmony, as opposed to polyphony. See Homophonous.
  • English Word Homophylic Definition Relating to homophily.
  • English Word Homophyly Definition That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetic homology), in opposition to homomorphy, to which genealogic basis is wanting.
  • English Word Homoplasmy Definition Resemblance between different plants or animals, in external shape, in general habit, or in organs, which is not due to descent from a common ancestor, but to similar surrounding circumstances.