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homomorphism

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A structure-preserving map between two algebraic structures of the same type, such as groups, rings, or vector spaces.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences

Examples

  • A field homomorphism is a map from one field to another one which is additive, multiplicative, zero-preserving, and unit-preserving.
  • 1954, Kuo-Tsai Chen, Iterated Integrals and Exponential Homomorphisms, Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, Reprinted in 2001, Philippe Tondeur (editor), Collected Papers of K.-T. Chen, Birkhäuser, page 54, This motivates a generalization, and exponential homomorphisms are now defined, in an algebraic fashion, from certain free products to formal power series rings with non-commutative indeterminates.

Meaning relationships

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noun

Meaning 2

A similar appearance of two unrelated organisms or structures, as for example with fish and whales.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

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noun

Meaning 3

similarity of form

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: homomorphy

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: similarity

History

Etymology

From homo- + morphism.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَشَاكُل (tašākul) — notion in mathematics
  • Armenian: հոմոմորֆիզմը (homomorfizmə) — notion in mathematics
  • Bulgarian: хомоморфизъм (homomorfizǎm) — notion in mathematics
  • Czech: homomorfismus — notion in mathematics
  • Danish: homomorfi — notion in mathematics
  • Dutch: homomorfisme — notion in mathematics
  • Finnish: homomorfismi — notion in mathematics
  • French: homomorphisme — notion in mathematics
  • Georgian: ჰომომორფიზმი (homomorpizmi) — notion in mathematics
  • German: Homomorphismus — notion in mathematics
  • Greek: ομομορφισμός (omomorfismós) — notion in mathematics
  • Hindi: समाकारिता (samākāritā) — notion in mathematics
  • Hungarian: homomorfizmus — notion in mathematics
  • Icelandic: mótun — notion in mathematics
  • Icelandic: sammótun — notion in mathematics
  • Irish: homamorfacht — notion in mathematics
  • Italian: omomorfismo — notion in mathematics
  • Lithuanian: homomorfizmas — notion in mathematics
  • Persian: همریختی — notion in mathematics
  • Polish: homomorfizm — notion in mathematics
  • Portuguese: homomorfismo — notion in mathematics
  • Punjabi: ਹੋਮੋਮੌਰਫਿਜ਼ਮ (homomaurphizam) — notion in mathematics
  • Russian: гомоморфи́зм (gomomorfízm) — notion in mathematics
  • Serbo-Croatian: homomorfizam — notion in mathematics
  • Slovene: homomorfizem — notion in mathematics
  • Spanish: homomorfismo — notion in mathematics
  • Swedish: homomorfi — notion in mathematics
  • Swedish: homomorfism — notion in mathematics
  • Ukrainian: гомоморфізм (homomorfizm) — notion in mathematics
  • Vietnamese: phép đồng cấu — notion in mathematics
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