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Confirmation or ratification (as of something otherwise null and void), by a court or a grantor.

Pertaining to homology; having a structural affinity proceeding from, or base upon, that kind of relation termed homology. -- Ho`mo*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

Pertaining to, or characterized by, homology; as, homologinic qualities, or differences.

To determine the homologies or structural relations of.

See Homologue.

Those books of the New Testament which were acknowledged as canonical by the early church; -- distinguished from antilegomena.

Having the same relative position, proportion, value, or structure. Especially:

tual relations of parts, especially as to size and form; maintaining relative proportion. Homolographic projection, a method of constructing geographical charts or maps, so that the surfaces, as delineated on a plane, have the same relative size as the real surfaces; that is, so that the relative actual areas of the di…

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.…

The quality of being homologous; correspondence; relation; as, the homologyof similar polygons.

Uniformly bending or curving to one side; -- said of leaves which grow on several sides of a stem.

Characterized by homomorphism.

Same as Homomorphy.

hile widely different in fundamental structure; resemblance in geometric ground form. See Homophyly, Promorphology.

Of or pertaining to homonomy.

The homology of parts arranged on transverse axes. Haeckel.

ther, but differing from it in meaning; as the noun bear and the verb bear. [Written also homonyme.]

Having the same name or designation; standing in the same relation; -- opposed to heteronymous.

In an homonymous manner; so as to have the same name or relation.

Sameness of name or designation; identity in relations. Holland. Homonymy may be as well in place as in persons. Fuller.