What does heterology mean?
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-dʒihet·erol·o·gy
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Princeton's WordNet
heterologynoun
(biology) the lack of correspondence of apparently similar body parts
Wiktionary
heterologynoun
A lack of correspondence between parts that reflect a difference in origin
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heterology
Heterology is the linguistic term for a word that does not apply to itself. It is counter to the term homology, where a word does describe itself. It can also refer to the study of differences among similar or related organisms in fields of biology or to organ or parts that have different functions and structures.
Webster Dictionary
Heterologynoun
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
Heterologynoun
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
Etymology: [Hetero- + -logy.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Heterology
het-er-ol′oj-i, n. abnormality, want of true morphological affinity.—adj. Heterol′ogous. [Gr. heteros, other, logia, relation.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of heterology in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of heterology in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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