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Homogamous
Homogamous Ho*mog"a*mous, a. [Gr. ? married together; ? the
same + ? marriage.] (Bot.)
Having all the flowers alike; -- said of such composite
plants as Eupatorium, and the thistels.
Homogamy
Homogamy Ho*mog"a*my, n. (Bot.)
The condition of being homogamous.
Homogangliate
Homogangliate Ho`mo*gan"gli*ate, a. [Homo- + gangliate.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Having the ganglia of the nervous system symmetrically
arranged, as in certain invertebrates; -- opposed to
heterogangliate.
Homogene
Homogene Ho"mo*gene, a. [Cf. F. homog[`e]ne.]
Homogeneous. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
Homogeneal
Homogeneal Ho`mo*ge"ne*al, a.
Homogeneous.
Homogenealness
Homogenealness Ho`mo*ge"ne*al*ness, n.
Homogeneousness.
HomogeneousHomogeneous Ho`mo*ge"ne*ous, a. [Gr. ?; ? the same + ? race,
kind: cf. F. homog[`e]ne. See Same, and Kin.]
1. Of the same kind of nature; consisting of similar parts,
or of elements of the like nature; -- opposed to
heterogeneous; as, homogeneous particles, elements, or
principles; homogeneous bodies.
2. (Alg.) Possessing the same number of factors of a given
kind; as, a homogeneous polynomial. Homogeneousness
Homogeneousness Ho`mo*ge"ne*ous*ness, n.
Sameness 9kind or nature; uniformity of structure or
material.
Homogenesis
Homogenesis Ho`mo*gen"e*sis, n. [Homo- + genesis.] (Biol.)
That method of reproduction in which the successive
generations are alike, the offspring, either animal or plant,
running through the same cycle of existence as the parent;
gamogenesis; -- opposed to heterogenesis.
Homogenetic
Homogenetic Ho`mo*ge*net"ic, a. (Biol.)
Homogenous; -- applied to that class of homologies which
arise from similarity of structure, and which are taken as
evidences of common ancestry.
HomogenousHomogenous Ho*mog"e*nous, a. (Biol.)
Having a resemblance in structure, due to descent from a
common progenitor with subsequent modification; homogenetic;
-- applied both to animals and plants. See Homoplastic. Homogeny
Homogeny Ho*mog"e*ny, n. [Gr. ?; ? the same + ? race, kind.]
1. Joint nature. [Obs.] --Bacon.
2. (Biol.) The correspondence of common descent; -- a term
used to supersede homology by Lankester, who also used
homoplasy to denote any superinduced correspondence of
position and structure in parts embryonically distinct
(other writers using the term homoplasmy). Thus, there is
homogeny between the fore limb of a mammal and the wing of
a bird; but the right and left ventricles of the heart in
both are only in homoplasy with each other, these having
arisen independently since the divergence of both groups
from a univentricular ancestor.
HomogonousHomogonous Ho*mog"o*nous, a. [Gr. ?. See Homogeneous.]
(Bot.)
Having all the flowers of a plant alike in respect to the
stamens and pistils. Homogony
Homogony Ho*mog"o*ny, n. (Bot.)
The condition of having homogonous flowers.
Homograph
Homograph Hom"o*graph, n. [Gr. "omo`grafos with the same
letters; "omo`s the same + gra`fein to write.] (Philol.)
One of two or more words identical in orthography, but having
different derivations and meanings; as, fair, n., a market,
and fair, a., beautiful.
Homographic
Homographic Ho`mo*graph"ic, a.
1. Employing a single and separate character to represent
each sound; -- said of certain methods of spelling words.
2. (Geom.) Possessing the property of homography.
Homography
Homography Ho*mog"ra*phy, n.
1. That method of spelling in which every sound is
represented by a single character, which indicates that
sound and no other.
2. (Geom.) A relation between two figures, such that to any
point of the one corresponds one and but one point in the
other, and vise versa. Thus, a tangent line rolling on a
circle cuts two fixed tangents of the circle in two sets
of points that are homographic.
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