Part 5363

<h1>Homonomy</h1> <Xpage=702>

<hw>Ho*mon"o*my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Homo-</ets> + Gr. <?/ law.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The homology of parts arranged on transverse axes.</def>

<i>Haeckel.</i>

<h1>Homonym</h1> <Xpage=702>

<hw>Hom"o*nym</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>homonyme</ets>. See <er>Homonymous</er>.]</ety> <def>A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning; as the noun <i>bear</i> and the verb <i>bear</i>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>homonyme</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Homonymous</h1> <Xpage=702>

<hw>Ho*mon"y*mous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>homonymus</ets>, Gr. <?/; <?/ the same + <?/, for <?/ name; akin to E. <ets>name</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having the same name or designation; standing in the same relation; -- opposed to <i>heteronymous</i>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Having the same name or designation, but different meaning or relation; hence, equivocal; ambiguous.</def>

<h1>Homonymously</h1> <Xpage=702>

<hw>Ho*mon"y*mous*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In an homonymous manner; so as to have the same name or relation.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Equivocally; ambiguously.</def>

<h1>Homonymy</h1> <Xpage=702>

<hw>Ho*mon"y*my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>homonymie</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Sameness of name or designation; identity in relations.</def>

<i>Holland.</i>

<blockquote><b>Homonymy</b> may be as well in place as in persons. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Sameness of name or designation of things or persons which are different; ambiguity.</def>

<h1>Homo\'94rgan</h1> <Xpage=702>

<hw>Ho`mo*\'94r"gan</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[<ets>Homo-</ets> + <ets>organ</ets>.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Homoplast</er>.</def>

<h1>Homoousian</h1> <Xpage=702>

<hw>Ho`mo*ou"si*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ the same + <?/ being, essence, substance.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>One of those, in the 4th century, who accepted the Nicene creed, and maintained that the Son had the same essence or substance with the Father; -- opposed to <i>homoiousian</i>.</def>

<h1>Homoousian</h1> <Xpage=702>

<hw>Ho`mo*ou"si*an</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the Homoousians, or to the doctrines they held.</def>

<h1>Homophone</h1> <Xpage=702>

<hw>Hom"o*phone</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>homophone</ets>. See <er>Homophonous</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A letter or character which expresses a like sound with another.</def>

<i>Gliddon.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning and usually in spelling; <as>as, <i>all</i> and <i>awl</i>; <i>bare</i> and <i>bear</i>; <i>rite</i>, <i>write</i>, <i>right</i>, and <i>wright</i>.</as></def>

<h1>Homophonic, Homophonous</h1> <Xpage=702>

<hw><hw>Ho`mo*phon"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ho*moph"o*nous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ the same + <?/ sound, tone: cf. F. <ets>homophone</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Originally, sounding alike; of the same pitch; unisonous; monodic.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Now used for plain harmony, note against note, as opposed to <i>polyphonic</i> harmony, in which the several parts move independently, each with its own melody.</def>