homology

Definition of homologynext

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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homology
Noun
  • 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
  • The singer’s fourth album inhabits a balmy medium zone of relentlessly moderate tempos and subdued vocals, where even brief moments of intriguing tension and fuzz get flattened into homogeneity.
    Mitch Therieau, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026
Noun
  • Although there is no moral equivalence between the two, both are manifestations of the same problem.
    Rina Amiri, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2026
  • That’s a false equivalence a lot of the time.
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 17 June 2026
Noun
  • There was no other identity or activity – only the oneness of creator and His spiritual expression, man.
    Sylvia Messner, Christian Science Monitor, 27 July 2026
  • Two Ships is thus a narrative for our time, when the aspirational vision of oneness has given way to intractable twoness.
    James Traub, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026

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“Homology.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homology. Accessed 19 Aug. 2026.

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