homologous

Definition of homologousnext

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Recent Examples of homologous Another interesting recommendation from ACIP is to use vaccines from the same manufacturer (homologous vaccines). Judy Stone, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024 Brain probes conducted during virtual jaunts have uncovered many points that apply to the human brain also, which is homologous to the mouse brain, Dombeck notes. IEEE Spectrum, 9 Dec. 2023 While the similarity could be just phenomenological, this indicates a possibility that mycelium networks transform information via interaction of spikes and trains of spikes in manner homologous to neurons. Lloyd Alter, Treehugger, 20 Oct. 2023 In general, these have shown it’s about as good as, and in some cases better than, a homologous regimen. Rachel Gutman, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2021 These include cutting the genome into fragments that can later be joined together or, more recently, using the ISA protocol, whereby overlapping fragments naturally come together in cells through homologous recombination: a phenomenon in which two DNA molecules exchange fragments. Virginie Courtier, Quartz, 4 June 2021
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Adjective
  • Perhaps the most analogous example among automotive marques is Porsche, the first automobile of which emerged in 1948 from an Austrian barn and, within 15 years, transformed into what has become the most collectible sports car in the world.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Such buying and selling is analogous to feeding more or less gas to a car.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 1 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Last Tuesday, the City Council was set to vote on a $177-million contract for Legal Aid to continue representing tenants for the next three years, with other groups providing related services.
    Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Investigators also executed a warrant at a related address in New Jersey.
    Ashley Carnahan , Alexis McAdams , CB Cotton, FOXNews.com, 9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The office has long handled discrimination cases in areas like housing and employment, but students don’t have a comparable option to file complaints.
    Collin Binkley, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Already, in head-to-head diagnostic comparisons, generative AI performs at levels comparable to human clinicians.
    Robert Pearl, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • For the past three decades, he’s been focused on developing a program called homological mirror symmetry, which has its roots in string theory.
    Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Sheridan, Sheel Ganatra and Timothy Perutz—is building on seminal ideas introduced in 1990s by Kontsevich related to his homological mirror symmetry conjecture.
    Kevin Hartnett, WIRED, 15 Apr. 2018

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“Homologous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homologous. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.

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