Definition of Homonymy. Meaning of Homonymy. Synonyms of Homonymy

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Definition of Homonymy

Homonymy
Homonymy Ho*mon"y*my, n. [Gr. ?: cf. F. homonymie.] 1. Sameness of name or designation; identity in relations. --Holland. Homonymy may be as well in place as in persons. --Fuller. 2. Sameness of name or designation of things or persons which are different; ambiguity.

Meaning of Homonymy from wikipedia

- mouth (of an animal). The relationship between a set of homonyms is called homonymy, and the ****ociated adjective is homonymous, homonymic, or in Latin, equivocal...
- A comune (Italian: [koˈmuːne]; pl.: comuni, Italian: [koˈmuːni]) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or muni****lity...
- from homonymy—or homophony—which is an accidental similarity between two or more words (such as bear the animal, and the verb bear); whereas homonymy is...
- In zoology, the principle of homonymy is one of the guiding principles of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. It states that any one name...
- Palluau is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Palluau may also refer to: Palluau Lake, Quebec, Canada...
- meaning 1 and always contains an open æ in the meaning 2 in speech. This homonymy only exists in writing if the speaker is sophisticated. •. Approximately...
- Splendrillia elongata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. The extinct species Splendrillia elongata Beu, 1980...
- Aclis angulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. Junior homonym of Aclis angulata P. Fischer, 1869. The length...
- Epidendrum cornutum is the accepted name for a species of Epidendrum native to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela at altitudes of 2.4–3 km. The stem...
- 1820), and Art. 59.3 is commonly ignored. Double homonymy (genus and species) may or may not be homonymy in the strict sense: if the genera are homonyms...