Associations to the word «Homology»

HOMOLOGY, noun. A homologous relationship.

HOMOLOGY, noun. (biology) A correspondence of structures in two life forms with a common evolutionary origin, such as flippers and hands.

HOMOLOGY, noun. (chemistry) The relationship between the elements in the same group of the periodic table, or between organic compounds in a homologous series.

HOMOLOGY, noun. (topology) A theory associating a system of groups to each topological space.

HOMOLOGY, noun. (algebra) A certain system of groups associated to a chain complex.

HOMOLOGY, noun. (genetics) The presence of the same series of bases in related genes.

HOMOLOGY SPHERE, noun. (topology) A manifold whose homology is the same as that of some sphere of the same dimension

HOMOLOGY SPHERES, noun. Plural of homology sphere

HOMOLOGY, noun. The quality of being similar or corresponding in position or value or structure or function.