homologous

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Showing a degree of correspondence or similarity.; In corresponding proportion.
    — Of equiangle triangles, the ſides that are about equall angles are proportionall, and the ſides that ſubtend the equall angles are homologous.
  2. Showing a degree of correspondence or similarity.; Corresponding to a similar structure in another life form with a common evolutionary origin.
    — Flippers and hands are homologous structures.
  3. Showing a degree of correspondence or similarity.; Belonging to a series of aliphatic organic compounds that differ only by the addition of a CH₂ group.
  4. Showing a degree of correspondence or similarity.; Having the same morphology as another chromosome or locus; relating to a homologue.
  5. Showing a degree of correspondence or similarity.; Playing the same role as seen in another culture, whether by historical connection, psychological archetype, convergent cultural evolution, or otherwise (as may be hypothesized but not known with certainty by current science), as for example with the cryptozoologic concepts of yeti and sasquatch, the use of polite and familiar pronouns, or other similarities.

词形变化

more homologous comparative most homologous superlative

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sem-
Proto-Indo-European *somHós
Proto-Hellenic *homós
Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós)
Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-
Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)
Ancient Greek -λογος (-logos)
Ancient Greek ὁμόλογος (homólogos)der.
Late Latin homologusder.
English homologous
From Late Latin homologus, from Ancient Greek ὁμόλογος (homólogos, “agreeing, of one mind”), from ὁμός (homós, “same”) + λόγος (lógos, “reason, reckoning”). Compare homo- (“same”) and -ous (adjectival suffix). From 1655, in the mathematical sense. See also homolog, homologue.
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