Heterology

Heterology
Heterology Het`er*ol"o*gy, n. [Hetero- + -logy.] 1. (Biol.) The absence of correspondence, or relation, in type of structure; lack of analogy between parts, owing to their being composed of different elements, or of like elements in different proportions; variation in structure from the normal form; -- opposed to homology. [1913 Webster]

2. (Chem.) The connection or relation of bodies which have partial identity of composition, but different characteristics and properties; the relation existing between derivatives of the same substance, or of the analogous members of different series; as, ethane, ethyl alcohol, acetic aldehyde, and acetic acid are in heterology with each other, though each in at the same time a member of a distinct homologous series. Cf. {Homology}. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • heterology — n. abnormality, departure from the norm (Biology) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • heterology — het·er·ol·o·gy …   English syllables

  • heterology — /hɛtəˈrɒlədʒi/ (say hetuh roluhjee) noun 1. Biology the lack of correspondence of organic structures as the result of unlike origins of constituent parts. 2. Pathology abnormality; structural difference from a type or normal standard …  

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