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e, or relation, in type of structure; lack of analogy between parts, owing to their being composed of different elements, or of like elements in different proportions; variation in structure from the normal form; -- opposed to homology.

Unrelated in chemical composition, though similar or indentical in certain other respects; as, borax and augite are homoemorphous, but heteromerous.

An abnormal formation foreign to the economy, and composed of elements different from those are found in it in its normal condition. Dunglison.

A figure composed of two equal triangles intersecting so that each side of one triangle is parallel to a side of the other, and the six points coincide with those of a hexagon.

must regularly be a dactyl, and the sixth always a spondee. In this species of verse are composed the Iliad of Homer and the Æneid of Virgil. In English hexameters accent takes the place of quantity. Leaped like the | roe when he | hears in the | woodland the | voice of the | huntsman. Longfellow. Strongly it | bears…

A compound radical, C6H13, regarded as the essential residue of hexane, and a related series of compounds.

Having a hilt; -- used in composition; as, basket-hilted, cross-hilted.

Germ history of cells, and of the tissues composed of cells. Haeckel.

biography, which is the record of an individual's life; and from memoir, which is history composed from personal experience, observation, and memory. Histories are as perfect as the historian is wise, and is gifted with an eye and a soul. Carlyle. For aught that I could ever read, Could ever hear by tale or history. Sh…

A port or small haven; -- used in composition; as, Lambhithe, now Lambeth. Pennant.

an ovum composed entirely of germinal matter. See Meroblast.

Undergoing complete segmentation; composed entirely of germinal matter, the whole of the yolk undergoing fission; -- opposed to meroblastic.

A borosilicate of iron and lime, near datolite in form and composition.

A near similarity of crystalline forms between unlike chemical compounds. See Isomorphism.

Having all the flowers alike; -- said of such composite plants as Eupatorium, and the thistels.

ndence or resemblance of substances belonging to the same type or series; a similarity of composition varying by a small, regular difference, and usually attended by a regular variation in physical properties; as, there is an homology between methane, CH4, ethane, C2H6, propane, C3H8, etc., all members of the paraffin…

One of the plastids composing the idorgan of Haeckel; -- also called homoörgan.

blank range or at low angles of elevation. -- Horizontal force (Physics), the horizontal component of the earth's magnetic force. -- Horizontal line (Descriptive Geometry & Drawing), a constructive line, either drawn or imagined, which passes through the point of sight, and is the chief line in the projection upon wh…

The tough, fibrous material of which true horns are composed, being, in the Ox family, chiefly albuminous, with some phosphate of lime; also, any similar substance, as that which forms the hoof crust of horses, sheep, and cattle; as, a spoon of horn.

Composed largely of hornblende; resembling or relating to hornblende.