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Definition of Homomorphy
1. Noun. Similarity of form.
Definition of Homomorphy
1. n. Similarity of form; resemblance in external characters, while widely different in fundamental structure; resemblance in geometric ground form. See Homophyly, Promorphology.
Definition of Homomorphy
1. Noun. (biology) similarity of form; resemblance in external character or in geometric ground form ¹
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Medical Definition of Homomorphy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Homomorphy
Literary usage of Homomorphy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to the Study of Language by Leonard Bloomfield (1914)
"This phenomenon is called homonymy or, more specifically, homomorphy. ...
The opposite of homomorphy is suppletion, which consists of the entire absence of ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"(Homoplasy, homomorphy, С onve r- gence) Special Homology (Homogeny, H о m o-
phyly) II. General Structures and Functions of Animals. ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americanaedited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1903)
"... of environment acting upon forms of dissimilar descent; such false homology
is called homoplasy (Lankester), homomorphy (Gegenbaur) or convergence. ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1902)
"the "homomorphy" of Fiir- bringer, the " heterology," "parallels," and "parallelism"
of Hyatt, of Cope ('68, also Origin of the Fittest, p. ..."
5. Evolution of Mammalian Molar Teeth by Henry Fairfield Osborn (1907)
"For example, the "analogous variation" of Darwin, the " homoplasy" of Lankester
in part at least, the " con- vergenz" of German writers, the " homomorphy" ..."
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