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Definition: HOMONYMOUS |
HOMONYMOUSAdjective1. Having the same name or designation, but different meaning or relation; hence, equivocal; ambiguous. 2. Having the same name or designation; standing in the same relation; -- opposed to heteronymous. |
Etymology: Homonymous \Ho*mon"y*mous\, adjective. [Latin expression homonymus, Greek; the same +, for name; akin to English name.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | A pair of points, one in each retina, which, when stimulated, give rise to a percept of common visual direction. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Equivocalness | Adjective: equivocal, ambiguous, amphibolous, homonymous; double-tongued; (lying); enigmatical, indeterminate. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: HOMONYMOUS |
| English words defined with "HOMONYMOUS": Epimere ♦ Homonymously. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "HOMONYMOUS": homonym. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | In homonymous hemianopia, the impairment affects the same part of the visual field of both eyes. Impaired hearing is also more frequent among those with cerebral palsy than in the general population. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "HOMONYMOUS" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "HOMONYMOUS" is used about 6 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 6 | 143,867 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "HOMONYMOUS": homonymous diplopia ♦ homonymous hemianopia ♦ homonymous points. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; 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 |
hemianopsia homonymous | 10 |
hemianopia homonymous | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "HOMONYMOUS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | омонимен (parotid). (various references) | |
Czech | homonymumní, homonymický, stejnozvuèný. (various references) | |
Danish | homonym hemianopsi (homonymous hemianopia), homonym diplopi (homonymous diplopia), korresponderende nethindepunkter (corresponding retinal points, homonymous points, identical points). (various references) | |
Dutch | homonome hemianopsie (homonymous hemianopia), homonieme hemianopsie (homonymous hemianopia), gelijknamig dubbelzien (homonymous diplopia, uncrossed diplopia), equilaterale hemianopsie (homonymous hemianopia), directe diplopie (homonymous diplopia, uncrossed diplopia). (various references) | |
French | hémi-anopsie homonyme (homonymous hemianopia), diplopie homonyme (homonymous diplopia). (various references) | |
German | homonymisch. (various references) | |
Greek | ομώνυμοσ (namesake). (various references) | |
Italian | omonimo (homonym, namesake). (various references) | |
Manx | co-ennymagh (namesake). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | omonymoushay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | hemianopsia homónima (homonymous hemianopia). (various references) | |
Romanian | omonim (homonym, namesake). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | istoimeni (name: of the same name). (various references) | |
Spanish | homónimo (homonym, namesake). (various references) | |
Turkish | eşsesli (homonym, homonymic, homophonic). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "HOMONYMOUS": homonymously. (additional references) | |
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"HOMONYMOUS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: homonymus, homonyoms, hoomonymous. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "h-m-m-n-o-o-o-s-u-y" | |
-2 letters: homonyms, monosomy. | |
-3 letters: homonym. | |
-4 letters: hommos, summon. | |
-5 letters: homos, hymns, hyson, momus, monos, moons, moony, mousy, muons, mushy, nomos, shoon, shoyu. | |
| Words containing the letters "h-m-m-n-o-o-o-s-u-y" | |
+2 letters: homonymously. | |
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