Homologue

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:11:19

Hom"o*logue (?), n. [Cf. F. homologue. See Homologous.]

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.

 

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