homologue — meaning in English
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English meaning
- counterpart noun A person or thing that corresponds to or matches another, often in a different place or organization.
- homologous adj Showing a degree of correspondence or similarity.
Senses
homologue is used for these senses in English:
- counterpart One who or that which has corresponding functions or characteristics.
- opposite number (idiomatic) A person who holds a position in an organization, sports team, or the like, that corresponds to that held by another person in another organization; a counterpart
homologous — full definition
- adj Showing a degree of correspondence or similarity.
- adj In corresponding proportion.
- adj Corresponding to a similar structure in another life form with a common evolutionary origin.
- adj Belonging to a series of aliphatic organic compounds that differ only by the addition of a CH₂ group.