Definition of homologous
- a. - Having the same relative position, proportion, value,
or structure.
- a. - Corresponding in relative position and proportion.
- a. - Having the same relative proportion or value, as the
two antecedents or the two consequents of a proportion.
- a. - Characterized by homology; belonging to the same type
or series; corresponding in composition and properties. See Homology,
3.
- a. - 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.