Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
Correct speaking or the correct use of words.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: ortholinguistics
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Homologous sequences descended from the same ancestral sequence for which function of the gene or sequence has been conserved across evolutionary time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: homology
History
From ortho- + -logy.
Across languages
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
