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Webster 1913 Edition

Homologous

Ho-mol′o-gous

,
Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK] assenting, agreeing; [GREEK] the same + [GREEK] speech, discourse, proportion, [GREEK] to say, speak.]
Having the same relative position, proportion, value, or structure.
Especially:
(a)
(Geom.)
Corresponding in relative position and proportion.
(b)
(Alg.)
Having the same relative proportion or value, as the two antecedents or the two consequents of a proportion.
(c)
(Chem.)
Characterized by homology; belonging to the same type or series; corresponding in composition and properties. See
Homology
, 3.
(d)
(Biol.)
Being of the same typical structure; having like relations to a fundamental type to structure; as, those bones in the hand of man and the fore foot of a horse are homologous that correspond in their structural relations, that is, in their relations to the type structure of the fore limb in vertebrates.
Homologous stimulus
.
(Physiol.)
See under
Stimulus
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Homologous

HOMOL'OGOUS

,
Adj.
[Gr. similar, and proportion.] Proportional to each other; a term in geometry, applied to the corresponding sides and angles of similar figures; as, homologous angles.

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