Part 5361

<h1>Homography</h1> <Xpage=701>

<hw>Ho*mog"ra*phy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That method of spelling in which every sound is represented by a single character, which indicates that sound and no other.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Homoioptoton</h1> <Xpage=701>

<hw>Ho*moi`op*to"ton</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ in a like case; <?/ like + <?/ falling.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>A figure in which the several parts of a sentence end with the same case, or inflection generally.</def>

<h1>Homoiothermal</h1> <Xpage=701>

<hw>Ho*moi`o*ther"mal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ like + E. <ets>thermal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Maintaining a uniform temperature; h\'91matothermal; homothermic; -- applied to warm-bodied animals, because they maintain a nearly uniform temperature in spite of the great variations in the surrounding air; in distinct from the cold-blooded (<i>poikilothermal</i>) animals, whose body temperature follows the variations in temperature of the surrounding medium.</def>

<h1>Homoiousian</h1> <Xpage=701>

<hw>Ho`moi*ou"si*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, of like substance; <grk>"o`moios</grk> + <grk>o'ysi`a</grk> the substance, being, essence.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>One of the semi-Arians of the 4th century, who held that the Son was of like, but not the same, essence or substance with the Father; -- opposed to <i>homoousian</i>.</def>

<h1>Homoiousian</h1> <Xpage=701>

<hw>Ho`moi*ou"si*an</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Homoiousians, or their belief.</def>

<h1>Homologate</h1> <Xpage=701>

<hw>Ho*mol"o*gate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Homologated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Homologating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[LL. <ets>homologatus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>homologare</ets> to homologate; Gr. <?/ to assent, agree. See <er>Homologous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Civ. Law)</fld> <def>To approve; to allow; to confirm; <as>as, the court <ex>homologates</ex> a proceeding</as>.</def>

<i>Wheaton.</i>

<h1>Homologation</h1> <Xpage=701>

<hw>Ho*mol`o*ga"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>homologation</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Civ. & Scots Law)</fld> <def>Confirmation or ratification (as of something otherwise null and void), by a court or a grantor.</def>

<h1>Homological</h1> <Xpage=701>

<hw>Ho`mo*log"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to homology; having a structural affinity proceeding from, or base upon, that kind of relation termed <i>homology</i>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ho`mo*log"ic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Homologinic</h1> <Xpage=701>

<hw>Ho*mol`o*gin"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or characterized by, homology; <as>as, <ex>homologinic</ex> qualities, or differences</as>.</def>

<h1>Homologize</h1> <Xpage=701>

<hw>Ho*mol"o*gize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>To determine the homologies or structural relations of.</def>

<h1>Homologon</h1> <Xpage=701>

<hw>Ho*mol"o*gon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <def>See <er>Homologue</er>.</def>

<h1>Homologoumena</h1> <Xpage=701>

<hw>Hom`o*lo*gou"me*na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ things conceded, p.p. of <?/ to agree, admit, concede. See <er>Homologous</er>.]</ety> <def>Those books of the New Testament which were acknowledged as canonical by the early church; -- distinguished from <i>antilegomena</i>.</def>

<h1>Homologous</h1> <Xpage=701>

<hw>Ho*mol"o*gous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ assenting, agreeing; <?/ the same + <?/ speech, discourse, proportion, <?/ to say, speak.]</ety> <def>Having the same relative position, proportion, value, or structure</def>. Especially: <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>Corresponding in relative position and proportion.</def>