Defenition of the word homology

• Defenition of the word homology

  • The relationship between the elements in the same group of the periodic table, or between organic compounds in a homologous series
  • In evolutionary biology, any similarity between characters that is due to their shared ancestry.
  • In mathematics, a procedure to associate a sequence of abelian groups or modules with a given mathematical object.
  • In anthropology, the analogy between human beliefs, practices or artifacts due to genetic or historical connections.
  • In sociology, a structural 'resonance' between the different elements making up a socio-cultural whole.
  • the quality of being similar or corresponding in position or value or structure or function

Hypernyms for the word homology

• • similarity

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