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Definition: HOMOLOGUE |
HOMOLOGUENoun1. That which is homologous to something else; as, the corresponding sides, etc., of similar polygons are the homologues of each other; the members or terms of an homologous series in chemistry are the homologues of each other; one of the bones in the hand of man is the homologue of that in the paddle of a whale. |
Date "HOMOLOGUE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references) |
Etymology: Homologue \Hom"o*logue\, noun. [Compare to the French expression homologue. See Homologous.]. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Concord | Noun: concord, accord, harmony, symphony; homologue; agreement; sympathy, empathy; (love); response; union, unison, unity; bonds of harmony; peace; unanimity; (assent); league; happy family. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: HOMOLOGUE |
| English words defined with "HOMOLOGUE": Homologon. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "HOMOLOGUE" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (according, appropriate, counterpart, homologous, homologue, in accordance with). |
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Health | The group has since identified the human homologue of the ER found in the rat prostate. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "HOMOLOGUE" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "HOMOLOGUE" is used about 21 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 21 | 76,261 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
homologue quad | 3 |
homologue | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "HOMOLOGUE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | polymerhomolog (polymer homologue). (various references) | |
Dutch | homopolymeer (polymer homologue). (various references) | |
French | homologue (homologous). (various references) | |
German | Polymerhomolog (polymer homologue). (various references) | |
Greek | ομόλογο πολυμερές (polymer homologue). (various references) | |
Italian | omopolimero (homopolymer, polymer homologue). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | omologuehay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | polimento homólogo (polymer homologue). (various references) | |
Spanish | polímero homólogo (polymer homologue). (various references) | |
Swedish | polymerhomolog (polymer homologue). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vật tương đồng. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "HOMOLOGUE": homologues. (additional references) | |
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"HOMOLOGUE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: homolgous, homolog, homologued, homologus, horologium, Ouologuem. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-h-l-m-o-o-o-u" | |
-2 letters: homolog. | |
-4 letters: ghoul, gloom, glume, golem, lough, mogul, mohel, oleum. | |
-5 letters: geum, glom, glue, glum, helm, helo, hole, holm, home, homo, huge, loge, logo, loom, luge, meou, mole, mool, moue, mule, ogle, oleo. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-h-l-m-o-o-o-u" | |
+1 letter: homologues. | |
+4 letters: homogeneously. | |
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