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Definition of Homologue
1. n. That which is homologous to something else; as, the corresponding sides, etc., of similar polygons are the homologues of each other; the members or terms of an homologous series in chemistry are the homologues of each other; one of the bones in the hand of man is the homologue of that in the paddle of a whale.
Definition of Homologue
1. Noun. Something homologous; a homologous organ or part, chemical compound or a chromosome. ¹
2. Noun. (linguistics) A word shared by two languages or dialects. ¹
3. Noun. (genetics) One of a group of similar DNA sequences that share a common ancestry. ¹
4. Noun. (organic chemistry) A member of a homologous series ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Homologue
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Homologue
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Literary usage of Homologue
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Elementary Treatise on Pure Geometry with Numerous Examples by John Wellesley Russell (1905)
"Hence the homologue of 0 is 0. Next, let us construct the homologue of any ...
Hence the homologue of L is L. Lastly, suppose a point (which is not at the ..."
2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1906)
"... and extends on the external surface of the occipital lobe as far forward as
the Ramus Occipitalis Transversus (the homologue of the "Affen Spalte"). ..."
3. An Elementary Treatise on Pure Geometry: With Numerous Examples by John Wellesley Russell (1893)
"Given the c. ofh. and the a. ofh. and a pair of corresponding lines, construct
the homologue (i) of a given point, (ii) of a given line. ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1899)
"nL the homologue must be moved to the left through a distance log in. The scale
line must then be parallel to the axis of impedance ; when the homologue ..."
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