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Definition of Homologic
1. Adjective. Similar in evolutionary origin but not in function.
Category relationships: Biological Science, Biology
Similar to: Homologous
Derivative terms: Homology, Homology
Definition of Homologic
1. Adjective. homological ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Homologic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Homologic
Literary usage of Homologic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Human Mind: A Treatise in Mental Philosophy by Edward John Hamilton (1883)
"In analyzing the leading forms of demonstrative inference, we shall consider,
first those which are orthologic, and then those which are homologic. ..."
2. The Modalist: Or, The Laws of Rational Conviction. A Textbook in Formal Or by Edward John Hamilton (1891)
"homologic INFERENCE. 1. Proceeds on one principle. 2. ... The homologic principle (a)
abbreviates ratiocination, (6) justifies the inference of specific ..."
3. Elements of Projective Geometry by George Herbert Ling, George Wentworth, David Eugene Smith (1922)
"If there are three coplanar figures fv fy f8, and if for a given center and a
given axis of homology two of them, /j and fy are homologic with the constant ..."
4. The Perceptionalist, or, mental science by Edward J. Hamilton (1899)
"Because of this latter characteristic the homologic principle has been ...
All reasoning may take a homologic form, and therefore we wrongly say that all ..."
5. Bulletin by Geological Society of America (1893)
"Thus analogic inference is analytic, homologic inference synthetic; the one makes
for the accumulation, the other for the assimilation of observations ..."
6. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1880)
"The civilized philosopher classifies by essential affinities — homologic
characteristics —and the progress of philosophy is marked by changes from analogic ..."
7. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"... 0.4 .6 .4 1 2 468 10 20 40 4 6 8 10 Mean homologic Distance from Human (OWM)
FIGURE 24 homologic distance between man and various phylogenetic groups. ..."
8. Michael Heilprin and His Sons: A Biography by Gustav Pollak (1912)
"Were we to seek for an absolutely homologic equivalent of the American Mediterranean
basins in the Mediterranean region of ..."
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