homology

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Recent Examples of homology Our disagreement, however, turns on a more basic question from information diffusion theory: how to achieve high homology between messenger and audience when attention itself is scarce. Torie Bosch, STAT, 7 Feb. 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 There is an object, called a homology, which gives you a lot of topological information about the manifold. Quanta Magazine, 13 Mar. 2024 After using some standard techniques to simplify the data, the team computed the persistent homology of the system by connecting the data points at different scales and examining the resulting simplicial complexes. Kelsey Houston-Edwards, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homology
Noun
  • While some celebrities have carved out hyper-specific senses of personal style, there has been a trend toward polished homogeneity.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2026
  • But the cost, along with the homogeneity of the load and the fact that the units were spread throughout 38 buildings, resulted in the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, deciding not to pursue DOE funding.
    Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Translation, too, is a practice of uneven equivalences.
    Jan Steyn, The Dial, 10 Mar. 2026
  • His disturbing and bloody rhetoric created a twisted equivalence between violent crime and immigrants, most of whom come here to work, raise families and contribute to our population growth and economy.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The sudden flood of oxytocin accompanying the onset of the drug produces feelings of emotional communion, oneness, and openness.
    Erica Rex, STAT, 19 Feb. 2026
  • What’s stripped out at its core—and this is the deepest core of the contemplative traditions—is a non-dual realization of wisdom, an experience of oneness.
    Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026

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“Homology.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homology. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.

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