homologous

Definition of homologousnext

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Recent Examples of homologous Another interesting recommendation from ACIP is to use vaccines from the same manufacturer (homologous vaccines). Judy Stone, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024 Brain probes conducted during virtual jaunts have uncovered many points that apply to the human brain also, which is homologous to the mouse brain, Dombeck notes. IEEE Spectrum, 9 Dec. 2023 While the similarity could be just phenomenological, this indicates a possibility that mycelium networks transform information via interaction of spikes and trains of spikes in manner homologous to neurons. Lloyd Alter, Treehugger, 20 Oct. 2023 In general, these have shown it’s about as good as, and in some cases better than, a homologous regimen. Rachel Gutman, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2021 These include cutting the genome into fragments that can later be joined together or, more recently, using the ISA protocol, whereby overlapping fragments naturally come together in cells through homologous recombination: a phenomenon in which two DNA molecules exchange fragments. Virginie Courtier, Quartz, 4 June 2021
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Adjective
  • An analogous argument, albeit in the context of children and teenagers, was recently brought against Meta and other social media companies.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 27 Apr. 2026
  • What’s going on there is analogous to what the oil business did in Houston and Dallas.
    Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The Met Gala is a major fundraiser for the museum’s Costume Institute, which houses numerous historic pieces of fashion and related artifacts.
    Adam Carlson, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
  • Using artificial intelligence, researchers may have identified the previously unknown subject of a sketch by Northern Renaissance artist Hans Holbein, and reidentified the sitter for a related Holbein drawing.
    Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 4 May 2026
Adjective
  • Teamsters Local 727, which represents animal care specialists, groundskeepers, patrol officers, seasonals, aides, and custodians, said the zoo's latest contract offer would take away their current health care plans without providing a comparable alternative.
    Todd Feurer, CBS News, 4 May 2026
  • The idea is to deal with a heavily armored or deeply buried target by dropping a bomb that is hard enough and heavy enough to plunge through yards of earth and stone to deliver a staggering blast comparable to a seismic event.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 May 2026
Adjective
  • For the past three decades, he’s been focused on developing a program called homological mirror symmetry, which has its roots in string theory.
    Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Sheridan, Sheel Ganatra and Timothy Perutz—is building on seminal ideas introduced in 1990s by Kontsevich related to his homological mirror symmetry conjecture.
    Kevin Hartnett, WIRED, 15 Apr. 2018

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“Homologous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homologous. Accessed 8 May. 2026.

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