homology
31homology — /həˈmɒlədʒi/ (say huh moluhjee) noun (plural homologies) 1. the state of being homologous; homologous relation or correspondence. 2. Biology a. a fundamental similarity due to community of descent. b. a structural similarity of two segments of… …
32homology — 1. The degree of identity between individuals, or characters. 2. The degree of identity of sequence (nucleotide or amino acid) between a number of DNA or polypeptide molecules …
33homology — n. a homologous state or relation; correspondence. Derivatives: homological adj …
34General homology — Homology Ho*mol o*gy, n. [Gr. ? agreement. See {Homologous}.] 1. The quality of being homologous; correspondence; relation; as, the homologyof similar polygons. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) Correspondence or relation in type of structure in… …
35Serial homology — Homology Ho*mol o*gy, n. [Gr. ? agreement. See {Homologous}.] 1. The quality of being homologous; correspondence; relation; as, the homologyof similar polygons. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) Correspondence or relation in type of structure in… …
36Special homology — Homology Ho*mol o*gy, n. [Gr. ? agreement. See {Homologous}.] 1. The quality of being homologous; correspondence; relation; as, the homologyof similar polygons. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) Correspondence or relation in type of structure in… …
37Homology (chemistry) — A homolog in chemistry refers to a chemical compound from a series of compounds that differ only in the number of repeated structural units [http://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/iupac/medchem/ah.html#h5 IUPAC definitions] ] . A homolog is a special case of …
38Floer homology — is a mathematical tool used in the study of symplectic geometry and low dimensional topology. First introduced by Andreas Floer in his proof of the Arnold conjecture in symplectic geometry, Floer homology is a novel homology theory arising as an… …
39Singular homology — In algebraic topology, a branch of mathematics, singular homology refers to the study of a certain set of topological invariants of a topological space X , the so called homology groups H n(X). Singular homology is a particular example of a… …
40Morse homology — In mathematics, specifically in the field of differential topology, Morse homology is a homology theory defined for any smooth manifold. It is constructed using the smooth structure and an auxiliary metric on the manifold, but turns out to be… …
