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homology

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Definition of homology

as in homogeneity

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Recent Examples of homology And then another challenge is relatives have shared HLA homology. — Torie Bosch, STAT, 1 June 2026 Persistent homology accomplishes this by coding each layer of color to a shape. — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 14 May 2026 In 1984, the genome of Shope virus was sequenced, which revealed significant homology with HPV type 1a. — Matthew Binnicker, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025 Which part of the complex manifold’s homology can be obtained by looking at these topological invariants? — Quanta Magazine, 13 Mar. 2024

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The Republicans’ march toward right-wing homogeneity left the Democrats little choice but to take the inverse.

— Isaac Arnsdorf, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026
Sklansky said the success of community policing is not based on that city size or homogeneity but whether police officers are committed to building relationships with the community.

— Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of homogeneity

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Holography is another step in that tradition, an equivalence between area and volume that holds at least for certain spaces.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026
To measure the equivalence principle at a quantum scale, the researchers turned to a piece of equipment called the Quantum Galileo Interferometer.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of equivalence

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Christian Science teaches about how our true oneness with God is our perfect, only identity.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026
Western scholars also variously understand the concept of brahman in the Upanishads and Advaita Vedanta as a version of monism (the oneness of all things), pantheism (all is god), or panentheism (god is the whole universe and beyond).

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026

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