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A combining form from Gr. "omo`s, one and the same, common, joint. [1913 Webster]

n. A category used in some classification systems for various basidiomycetous fungi including e.g. mushrooms and puffballs which are usually placed in the classes Gasteromycetes and Hymenomycetes.
Syn. -- subclass Homobasidiomycetes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Homo- + categoric. ] (Biol.) Belonging to the same category of individuality; -- a morphological term applied to organisms so related. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;: &unr_; the same + &unr_; center: cf. F. homocentrique. ] Having the same center. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Homo- + Gr. &unr_; tail. ] (Zool.) Having the tail nearly or quite symmetrical, the vertebral column terminating near its base; -- opposed to heterocercal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The possession of a homocercal tail. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Homo- + rebrin. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A body similar to, or identical with, cerebrin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Homo- + Gr. &unr_; color. ] (Bot.) Having all the florets in the same flower head of the same color. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Homo- + 1st deme, 2. ] (Biol.) A morphological term signifying development, in the case of multicellular organisms, from the same unit deme or unit of the inferior orders of individuality. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Relating to homodermy; originating from the same germ layer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Homo- + -derm. ] (Biol.) Homology of the germinal layers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Homo- + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a tooth. ] (Anat.) Having all the teeth similar in front, as in the porpoises; -- opposed to heterodont.

{ } a. [ Homo- + Gr. &unr_; a course, running. ] 1. (Bot.) Running in the same direction; -- said of stems twining round a support, or of the spiral succession of leaves on stems and their branches. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mech.) Moving in the same direction; -- said of a lever or pulley in which the resistance and the actuating force are both on the same side of the fulcrum or axis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Homodynamous. Quain. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Pertaining to, or involving, homodynamy; as, successive or homodynamous parts in plants and animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; of like power; &unr_; the same + &unr_; power. ] (Biol.) The homology of metameres. See Metamere. Gegenbaur. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., from Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; like + &unr_; part. ] The state or quality of being homogeneous in elements or first principles; likeness or identity of parts.

{ } a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, sameness of parts; receiving or advocating the doctrine of homogeneity of elements or first principles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Having the main artery of the leg parallel with the sciatic nerve; -- said of certain birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; like + -metry. ] Same as Homœomeria. [ Obs. ] Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Homœomorphous. ] A near similarity of crystalline forms between unlike chemical compounds. See Isomorphism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; of like form; &unr_; like + morfh` form. ] Manifesting homœomorphism.

a., n., n. Same as Homeopathic, Homeopathist, Homeopathy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Homoiothermal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; like + &unr_; life. ] (Zool.) Pertaining to, or including, similar forms or kinds of life; as, homœozoic belts on the earth's surface. E. Forbes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; married together; &unr_; the same + &unr_; marriage. ] (Bot.) Having all the flowers alike; -- said of such composite plants as Eupatorium, and the thistels. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The condition of being homogamous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Homo- + gangliate. ] (Zool.) Having the ganglia of the nervous system symmetrically arranged, as in certain invertebrates; -- opposed to heterogangliate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. homogène. ] Homogeneous. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Homogeneous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Homogeneousness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. homogénéité. ] Same as Homogeneousness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; the same + &unr_; race, kind: cf. F. homogène. See Same, and Kin. ] 1. Of the same kind of nature; consisting of similar parts, or of elements of the like nature; -- opposed to heterogeneous; as, homogeneous particles, elements, or principles; homogeneous bodies. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Alg.) Possessing the same number of factors of a given kind; as, a homogeneous polynomial. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Sameness 9kind or nature; uniformity of structure or material. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Homo- + genesis. ] (Biol.) That method of reproduction in which the successive generations are alike, the offspring, either animal or plant, running through the same cycle of existence as the parent; gamogenesis; -- opposed to heterogenesis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Homogenous; -- applied to that class of homologies which arise from similarity of structure, and which are taken as evidences of common ancestry. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To blend (a collection of unlike elements) together so as to make the whole uniform in character, composition, or function. [ PJC ]

2. Specifically: To blend separated liquids together so as to form a uniform emulsion which does not separate out into its original constituents on standing; -- used especially of milk; as, most milk sold in cartons is pasteurized and homogenized. [ PJC ]

adj. 1. formed by blending unlike elements, especially by reducing one element to particles and dispersing them throughout another substance. homogeneous [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. rendered homogeneous. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Biol.) Having a resemblance in structure, due to descent from a common progenitor with subsequent modification; homogenetic; -- applied both to animals and plants. See Homoplastic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; the same + &unr_; race, kind. ] 1. Joint nature. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) The correspondence of common descent; -- a term used to supersede homology by Lankester, who also used homoplasy to denote any superinduced correspondence of position and structure in parts embryonically distinct (other writers using the term homoplasmy). Thus, there is homogeny between the fore limb of a mammal and the wing of a bird; but the right and left ventricles of the heart in both are only in homoplasy with each other, these having arisen independently since the divergence of both groups from a univentricular ancestor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;. See Homogeneous. ] (Bot.) Having all the flowers of a plant alike in respect to the stamens and pistils. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The condition of having homogonous flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "omo`grafos with the same letters; "omo`s the same + gra`fein to write. ] (Philol.) One of two or more words identical in orthography, but having different derivations and meanings; as, fair, n., a market, and fair, a., beautiful. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Employing a single and separate character to represent each sound; -- said of certain methods of spelling words. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geom.) Possessing the property of homography. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. That method of spelling in which every sound is represented by a single character, which indicates that sound and no other. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geom.) A relation between two figures, such that to any point of the one corresponds one and but one point in the other, and vise versa. Thus, a tangent line rolling on a circle cuts two fixed tangents of the circle in two sets of points that are homographic. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; in a like case; &unr_; like + &unr_; falling. ] (Rhet.) A figure in which the several parts of a sentence end with the same case, or inflection generally. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) A homoiothermal animal.
Syn. -- homeotherm. [ PJC ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; like + E. thermal. ] (Physiol.) Maintaining a uniform body temperature, usually above the ambient temperature; hæmatothermal; homothermic; warm-blooded; -- applied to warm-bodied animals such as birds and mammals, because they maintain a nearly uniform temperature in spite of the great variations in the surrounding air; in distinct from the cold-blooded (poikilothermal) animals, whose body temperature follows the variations in temperature of the surrounding medium.
Syn. -- homeothermal, homeothermic, homothermal, homothermic, homoiothermic. [ 1913 Webster ]