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homological, a.|hɒməˈlɒdʒɪkəl| [f. as prec. + -al1.] 1. Involving or characterized by homology, homologous; relating to homology.
1849Owen Disc. Nat. Limbs 72 Whatever higher homological proposition may be demonstrated of the one must apply to the other. 1850H. Miller Footpr. Creat. viii. (1874) 154 What may be termed homological symmetry of organization. 1854Owen Skel. & Teeth in Circ. Sc., Organ. Nat. I. 211 The homological characters of bones. 1885C. Leudesdorf Cremona's Proj. Geom. 11 Consider two homological figures..let O be their centre, s their axis of homology. 2. Philos. = autological a.
1940[see heterological a.]. 1952Mind LXI. 88 A homological predicate, genuinely predicable of itself. Hence homologiˈcality Philos., the property of being homological; homoˈlogically adv., (a) in a homological manner; in relation to homology; (b) Philos., by virtue of being homological.
1864Webster cites Dana. 1866Duke of Argyll Reign Law iv. (1867) 208 Limbs which are homologically the same are put to the most diverse..uses. 1866Odling Anim. Chem. 137 The most oxidised of known 2-carbon uric acid products are homologically the representatives of the least oxidised 3-carbon products. 1952Mind LXI. 85 Neither is the word short, simply because its meaning is predicable of its own verbal sign, homologically predicable of itself. Ibid. 86 This anomalous distinction between two such comparable predicates seems to be incompatible with genuine heterologicality and homologicality. |