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noun
Something homologous; a homologous organ or part, chemical compound, chromosome, gene, or cultural element.
A phoneme, morpheme, or word shared by two languages or dialects, via cognation or naturalization.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
Something homologous; a homologous organ or part, chemical compound, chromosome, gene, or cultural element.
One of a group of similar DNA sequences that share a common ancestry, or the peptides or proteins that they encode; the counterpart gene or protein in another taxon evolved from a common ancestor (molecularly it may be either identical or similar).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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noun
Something homologous; a homologous organ or part, chemical compound, chromosome, gene, or cultural element.
A member of a homologous series.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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noun
Something homologous; a homologous organ or part, chemical compound, chromosome, gene, or cultural element.
A belief, practice, concept, or artifact that has a counterpart in another culture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: cultural anthropology
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History
Borrowed from French homologue, From Ancient Greek ὁμόλογος (homólogos, “agreeing, of one mind”), equivalent to homo- + -log.
