‖n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Analogue. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. analogous, Gr. &unr_; according to a due ratio, proportionate; &unr_; + &unr_; ratio, proportion. See Logic. ] Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion; -- often followed by to. [ 1913 Webster ]

Analogous tendencies in arts and manners. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Decay of public spirit, which may be considered analogous to natural death. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

nalogous pole (Pyroelect.), that pole of a crystal which becomes positively electrified when heated. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Correspondent; similar; like. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- A*nal"o gous*ly, adv. -- A*nal"o*gous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the contrary name or character; -- opposed to analogous. [ 1913 Webster ]

Antilogous pole (Eccl.), that pole of a crystal which becomes negatively electrified when heated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to dendrology. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hetero- + Gr. &unr_; proportion. ] Characterized by heterology; consisting of different elements, or of like elements in different proportions; different; -- opposed to homologous; as, heterologous organs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Heterologous stimulus. (Physiol.) See under Stimulus. --
Heterologous tumor (Med.), a tumor differing in structure from the normal tissues of the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] See Homologue. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; things conceded, p. p. of &unr_; to agree, admit, concede. See Homologous. ] Those books of the New Testament which were acknowledged as canonical by the early church; -- distinguished from antilegomena. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; assenting, agreeing; &unr_; the same + &unr_; speech, discourse, proportion, &unr_; to say, speak. ] Having the same relative position, proportion, value, or structure. Especially: (a) (Geom.) Corresponding in relative position and proportion. [ 1913 Webster ]

In similar polygons, the corresponding sides, angles, diagonals, etc., are homologous. Davies & Peck (Math. Dict.).

(b) (Alg.) Having the same relative proportion or value, as the two antecedents or the two consequents of a proportion. (c) (Chem.) Characterized by homology; belonging to the same type or series; corresponding in composition and properties. See Homology, 3. (d) (Biol.) Being of the same typical structure; having like relations to a fundamental type to structure; as, those bones in the hand of man and the fore foot of a horse are homologous that correspond in their structural relations, that is, in their relations to the type structure of the fore limb in vertebrates. [ 1913 Webster ]

Homologous stimulus. (Physiol.) See under Stimulus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Iso- + Gr. lo`gos proportion. ] (Chem.) Having similar proportions, similar relations, or similar differences of composition; -- said specifically of groups or series which differ by a constant difference; as, ethane, ethylene, and acetylene, or their analogous compounds, form an isologous series. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;. See Logos, and Dædal. ] Verbal legerdemain; a playing with words. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. lo`gos word + -gram. ] A word letter; a phonogram, that, for the sake of brevity, represents a word; as, |, i. e., t, for it. Cf. Grammalogue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A chronicler; one who writes history in a condensed manner with short simple sentences. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One skilled in logography. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_; of writing speeches: cf. F. logographique. ] Of or pertaining to logography. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a writing of speeches; lo`gos word, speech + &unr_; to write: cf. F. logographie. ] 1. A method of printing in which whole words or syllables, cast as single types, are used. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A mode of reporting speeches without using shorthand, -- a number of reporters, each in succession, taking down three or four words. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. lo`gos word + gri^fos a fishing net, a dark saying, a riddle: F. logogriphe. ] A sort of riddle in which it is required to discover a chosen word from various combinations of its letters, or of some of its letters, which form other words; -- thus, to discover the chosen word chatter form cat, hat, rat, hate, rate, etc. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Logomachy. ] One who contends about words. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; lo`gos word + &unr_; fight, battle, contest: cf. F. logomachie. ] 1. Contention in words merely, or a contention about words; a war of words. [ 1913 Webster ]

The discussion concerning the meaning of the word “justification” . . . has largely been a mere logomachy. L. Abbott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A game of word making. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. lo`gos word, ratio + me`tron measure. ] (Chem.) Serving to measure or ascertain chemical equivalents; stoichiometric. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. lo`gos the word or form which expresses a thought, also, the thought, fr. &unr_; to speak. ] 1. A word; reason; speech. H. Bushell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The divine Word; Christ. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ LL. logotheta, fr. Gr. &unr_;; lo`gos word, account + &unr_; to put. ] An accountant; under Constantine, an officer of the empire; a receiver of revenue; an administrator of a department. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. lo`gos word + -type. ] (Print.) A single type, containing two or more letters; as, æ, \œ, Æ, fi, fl, ffl, etc.; -- called also ligature. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. flo`x, flogo`s fire + -genous. ] (Med.) Causing inflammation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. flogwpo`s firelike. ] (Min.) A kind of mica having generally a peculiar bronze-red or copperlike color and a pearly luster. It is a silicate of aluminia, with magnesia, potash, and some fluorine. It is characteristic of crystalline limestone or dolomite and serpentine. See Mica. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. flo`gwsis burning heat. ] (Med.) Inflammation of external parts of the body; erysipelatous inflammation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) Of or pertaining to phlogosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; spittle + &unr_; driving. ] (Med.) A ptysmagogue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. si`alon saliva + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; leading, from &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to lead: cf. F. sialagogue. ] (Med.) An agent which promotes the flow of saliva. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_;, for &unr_; &unr_; the same + &unr_; to speak. ] Repeating the same thing in different words; tautological. [ R. ] Tooke. [ 1913 Webster ]