Webster's Dictionary 1913

2782

Homodynamy

Ho′mo‐dy″na‐my (?), n.(Biol.) The homology of metameres. See Metamere. Gegenbaur.

2783

Homœomeria

‖Ho′mœ‐o‐me″ri‐a (?), n. The state or quality of being homogeneous in elements or first principles; likeness or identity of parts.

2784

Homœomeric

{ Ho′mœ‐o‐mer″ic (?), Ho′mœ‐o‐mer″ic‐al (?), } a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, sameness of parts; receiving or advocating the doctrine of homogeneity of elements or first...

2785

Homœomerous

Ho′mœ‐om″er‐ous (?), a.(Anat.) Having the main artery of the leg parallel with the sciatic nerve; — said of certain birds.

2786

Homœomery

Ho′mœ‐om″e‐ry (?), n. [Gr. � like + -metry.] Same as Homœomeria. Cudworth.

2787

Homœomorphism

Ho′mœ‐o‐mor″phism (?), n. [See Homœomorphous.] A near similarity of crystalline forms between unlike chemical compounds. See Isomorphism.

2788

Homœomorphous

Ho′mœ‐o‐mor″phous (?), a. Manifesting homœomorphism.

2789

Homœopathic

Ho′mœ‐o‐path″ic, a., Ho′mœ‐op″a‐thist, n., Ho′mœ‐op″a‐thy, n. Same as Homeopathic, Homeopathist, Homeopathy.

2790

Homœothermal

Ho′mœ‐o‐ther″mal (?), a. See Homoiothermal.

2791

Homœozoic

Ho′mœ‐o‐zo″ic (?), a.(Zoöl.) Pertaining to, or including, similar forms or kinds of life; as, homœozoic belts on the earth's surface. E. Forbes.

2792

Homogamous

Ho‐mog″a‐mous (?), a.(Bot.) Having all the flowers alike; — said of such composite plants as Eupatorium, and the thistels.

2793

Homogamy

Ho‐mog″a‐my (?), n.(Bot.) The condition of being homogamous.

2794

Homogangliate

Ho′mo‐gan″gli‐ate (?), a. [Homo- + gangliate.] (Zoöl.) Having the ganglia of the nervous system symmetrically arranged, as in certain invertebrates; — opposed to heterogangliate.

2795

Homogene

Ho″mo‐gene (?), a. [Cf. F. homogène.] Homogeneous. B. Jonson.

2796

Homogeneal

Ho′mo‐ge″ne‐al (?), a. Homogeneous.

2797

Homogenealness

Ho′mo‐ge″ne‐al‐ness, n. Homogeneousness.

2798

Homogeneity

Ho′mo‐ge‐ne″i‐ty (?), n. [Cf. F. homogénéité.] Same as Homogeneousness.

2799

Homogeneous

Ho′mo‐ge″ne‐ous (?), a. [Gr. �; � the same + � race, kind: cf. F. homogène. See Same, and Kin.] 1. Of the same kind of nature; consisting of similar parts, or of elements of the...

2800

Homogeneousness

Ho′mo‐ge″ne‐ous‐ness, n. Sameness 9kind or nature; uniformity of structure or material.

2801

Homogenesis

Ho′mo‐gen″e‐sis (?), n. [Homo- + genesis.] (Biol.) That method of reproduction in which the successive generations are alike, the offspring, either animal or plant, running thro...

2802

Homogenetic

Ho′mo‐ge‐net″ic (?), a.(Biol.) Homogenous; — applied to that class of homologies which arise from similarity of structure, and which are taken as evidences of common ancestry.

2803

Homogenous

Ho‐mog″e‐nous (?), a.(Biol.) Having a resemblance in structure, due to descent from a common progenitor with subsequent modification; homogenetic; — applied both to animals and ...

2804

Homogeny

Ho‐mog″e‐ny (?), n. 1. Joint nature. Bacon.2. (Biol.) The correspondence of common descent; — a term used to supersede homology by Lankester, who also used homoplasy to denote a...

2805

Homogonous

Ho‐mog″o‐nous, a. [Gr. �. See Homogeneous.] (Bot.) Having all the flowers of a plant alike in respect to the stamens and pistils.

2806

Homogony

Ho‐mog″o‐ny (?), n.(Bot.) The condition of having homogonous flowers.

2807

Homograph

Hom″o‐graph (?), n. [Gr. ομὅγραφοσ with the same letters; ομὅσ the same + γράφειν to write.] (Philol.) One of two or more words identical in orthography, but having different de...

2808

Homographic

Ho′mo‐graph″ic (?), a. 1. Employing a single and separate character to represent each sound; — said of certain methods of spelling words.2. (Geom.) Possessing the property of ho...