Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

homology

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.72 in modern English

Syllables
ho-mol-o-gy
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The relationship of being homologous; a homologous relationship.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The relationship of being homologous; a homologous relationship.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The relationship of being homologous; a homologous relationship.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The relationship of being homologous; a homologous relationship.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The relationship of being homologous; a homologous relationship.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The relationship of being homologous; a homologous relationship.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The relationship of being homologous; a homologous relationship.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The relationship of being homologous; a homologous relationship.

Countable; Uncountable

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Etymology

From Latin homologia, from Ancient Greek ὁμολογία (homología, “agreement, assent”); compare French homologie. By surface analysis, homo- + -logy. In topology, first used by French polymath Henri Poincaré, in the sense (close to what is now called a bordism) of a relation between manifolds mapped into a reference manifold: that is, the property of such manifolds that they form the boundary of a higher-dimensional manifold inside the reference manifold. Poincaré's version was eventually replaced by the more general singular homology, which is what mathematicians now mean by homology.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: homologia, ὁμολογία

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Phrases

axis of homology center of homology centre of homology Floer homology homology axis homology center homology centre homology group

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Questions

What does homology mean?
The relationship of being homologous; a homologous relationship.
Where does homology come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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