Usually means: Similarities due to shared ancestry.
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  1. homologies: Merriam-Webster
  2. homologies: Collins English Dictionary
  3. homologies: Vocabulary.com
  4. homologies: Wordnik
  5. homologies: Wiktionary
  6. homologies: Dictionary.com
  7. Homologies: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. homologies: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. homologies: Legal dictionary

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  1. homologies: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. homologies: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Homologies: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  4. homologies: Medical dictionary
  5. Homologies: Drug Medical Dictionary

(Note: See homology as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (homology)

noun:  The relationship of being homologous; a homologous relationship.
noun:  (geometry, projective geometry) specifically, such relationship in the context of the geometry of perspective.
noun:  (geometry, projective geometry) An automorphism of the projective plane (representing a perspective projection) that leaves all the points of some straight line (the homology axis) fixed and maps all the lines through some single point (the homology centre) onto themselves.
noun:  (topology, algebraic topology) A general way of associating a sequence of algebraic objects, such as abelian groups or modules, to a sequence of topological spaces; also used attributively: see Usage notes below.
noun:  (algebra) Given a chain complex {Gₙ} and its associated set of homomorphisms {Hₙ}, the rule which explains how each Hₙ maps Gₙ into the kernel of Gₙ₊₁.
noun:  (chemistry) The relationship, between elements, of being in the same group of the periodic table.
noun:  (organic chemistry) The relationship, between organic compounds, of being in the same homologous series.
noun:  (biology, psychology) The relationship, between characteristics or behaviours, of having a shared evolutionary or developmental origin;
noun:  (genetics) The presence of the same series of bases in different but related genes.
noun:  (anthropology) The relationship, between temporally separated human beliefs, practices or artefacts, of possessing shared characteristics attributed to genetic or historical links to a common ancestor.
▸ Also see homology


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