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Meaning of "homology" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HOMOLOGY

From Greek homologia agreement, from homologos agreeing.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HOMOLOGY

homology  [həʊˈmɒlədʒɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOMOLOGY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Homology is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HOMOLOGY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of homology in the English dictionary

The first definition of homology in the dictionary is the condition of being homologous. Other definition of homology is the similarities in chemical behaviour shown by members of a homologous series. Homology is also the measurable likenesses between animals, as used in grouping them according to the theory of cladistics.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOMOLOGY


anemology
ˌænɪˈmɒlədʒɪ
atmology
ætˈmɒlədʒɪ
cohomology
ˌkəʊhəˈmɒlədʒɪ
cosmology
kɒzˈmɒlədʒɪ
docimology
ˌdɒsɪˈmɒlədʒɪ
entomology
ˌɛntəˈmɒlədʒɪ
enzymology
ˌɛnzaɪˈmɒlədʒɪ
epistemology
ɪˌpɪstɪˈmɒlədʒɪ
etymology
ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒɪ
gemmology
dʒɛˈmɒlədʒɪ
gemology
dʒɛˈmɒlədʒɪ
gizmology
ɡɪzˈmɒlədʒɪ
ophthalmology
ˌɒfθælˈmɒlədʒɪ
orismology
ˌɒrɪzˈmɒlədʒɪ
pomology
pɒˈmɒlədʒɪ
potamology
ˌpɒtəˈmɒlədʒɪ
seismology
saɪzˈmɒlədʒɪ
sphygmology
sfɪɡˈmɒlədʒɪ
victimology
ˌvɪktɪˈmɒlədʒɪ
zymology
zaɪˈmɒlədʒɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOMOLOGY

homolog
homologate
homologation
homologic
homological
homologically
homologies
homologise
homologiser
homologize
homologizer
homologoumena
homologous
homologous chromosomes
homolographic
homologue
homologumena
homolosine projection
homolysis
homolytic

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOMOLOGY

archaeology
astrology
biology
biotechnology
ecology
genealogy
geology
information technology
methodology
microbiology
mythology
neurology
oncology
pathology
pharmacology
physiology
psychology
sociology
technology
terminology
theology

Synonyms and antonyms of homology in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «homology» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOMOLOGY

Find out the translation of homology to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of homology from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «homology» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

同源
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

homología
570 millions of speakers

English

homology
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

समरूपता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التماثل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гомологии
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

homologia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সমসংস্থা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

homologie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Homologi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Homologie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ホモロジー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

동성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Homology
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tương đồng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அமைப்பொப்பியல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

समरूप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

homoloji
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

omologia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

homologii
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гомології
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

omologie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ομολογία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

homologie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

homologi
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

homologi
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of homology

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOMOLOGY»

The term «homology» is very widely used and occupies the 20.101 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOMOLOGY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «homology» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «homology» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about homology

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOMOLOGY»

Discover the use of homology in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to homology and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Computational Homology
This interdisciplinary book uses the computer to take a combinatorial computational approach to homological problems.
Tomasz Kaczynski, Konstantin Mischaikow, Marian Mrozek, 2004
2
Cyclic Homology
In this 2nd edition a new chapter 13 on MacLane (co)homology is added.
Jean-Louis Loday, 1998
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Lectures on Morse Homology
This book presents in great detail all the results one needs to prove the Morse Homology Theorem using classical techniques from algebraic topology and homotopy theory.
Augustin Banyaga, David Hurtubise, 2004
4
Homology Theory: An Introduction to Algebraic Topology
This book is designed to be an introduction to some of the basic ideas in the field of algebraic topology. In particular, it is devoted to the foundations and applications of homology theory.
James W. Vick, 1994
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Stable Homotopy and Generalised Homology
His exposition on the third topic occupies the bulk of the book and gives his definitive treatment of the Adams spectral sequence along with many detailed examples and calculations in KU-theory that help give a feel for the subject.
John Frank Adams, J. F. Adams, 1995
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Homology Theory: An Introduction to Algebraic Topology
This account of algebraic topology is complete in itself, assuming no previous knowledge of the subject.
P. J. Hilton, S. Wylie, 1967
7
Brown-Peterson Homology: An Introduction and Sampler
Presents discussion of formal groups and an introduction to BP-homology. This book features a section on unstable operations. It is suitable for graduate students and algebraic topologists.
W. Stephen Wilson, Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences, 1982
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Homology: The Hierarchial Basis of Comparative Biology
However, the application of this concept varies depending on the data being examined. This volume represents a state-of-the-art treatment of the different applications of this unifying concept.
Brian K. Hall, 2012
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C.: I.M. HOMOLOGY
In presenting this treatment of homological algebra, it is a pleasure to acknowledge the help and encouragement which I have had from all sides.
Saunders Mac Lane, Saunders MacLane, 1995
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Elements of Homology Theory
The book ends with various applications of homology to the topology of manifolds, some of which might be of interest to experts in the area. The book contains many problems; almost all of them are provided with hints or complete solutions.
Viktor Vasilʹevich Prasolov

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOMOLOGY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term homology is used in the context of the following news items.
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Parent-progeny sequencing indicates higher mutation rates in …
... poor pairing during meiosis, as an immediate consequence of heterozygosity, especially for indels, may be poor pairing quality or failure of homology search. «Nature.com, Jul 15»
2
Journal of Human Genetics - Calcification of joints and arteries …
... a web-based environment for protein structure homology modelling. ... SWISS-MODEL: An automated protein homology-modeling server. «Nature.com, Jul 15»
3
Extracellular vimentin interacts with insulin-like growth factor 1 …
A comparison of amino acid sequences between IR and IGF1R demonstrated an 84% homology in their tyrosine kinase domains and a 44% ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
4
Study shows differences in brain activity of humans and macaques …
We examined the homology of frontoparietal networks underlying attention by comparing functional MRI data from macaques and humans ... «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
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A novel intracellular mutualistic bacterium in the invasive ant …
Article | PubMed | CAS |; Nawrocki EP, Eddy SR. (2013). Infernal 1.1: 100-fold faster RNA homology searches. Bioinformatics 29: 2933–2935. «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Detection of colorectal polyps in humans using an intravenously …
The reported amino acid sequence homology for c-Met from mouse, rat, dog and Macaca fascicularis (cynomolgus monkey) is approximately 89.5%, 88.1%, ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Light-Inducible CRISPR/Cas9 Systems May Provide Greater Control …
... called photoactivatable Cas9 (paCas9), was able to induce genome edits through both non-homologous end joining and homology-directed ... «GenomeWeb, Jul 15»
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Evaluation of BLAST-based edge-weighting metrics used for …
Clustering protein sequences according to inferred homology is a fundamental step in the analysis of many large data sets. Since the ... «7thSpace Interactive, Jul 15»
9
Phosphatidylinositol-(4,5)-Bisphosphate Acyl Chains Differentiate …
While cellular acidic phospholipid-binding proteins/domains, such as the PI(4,5)P2-specific pleckstrin homology domain of phospholipase Cδ1 ... «Journal of Virology, Jul 15»
10
Research and Markets: Global Bioinformatic Market Study 2015 …
There are various bioinformatics tools available in the market categorized as homology and similarity tools, protein functional and analysis tools ... «Business Wire, Jul 15»

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