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Princeton's WordNet

  1. homogenynoun

    (biology) similarity because of common evolution

Wiktionary

  1. homogenynoun

    Similarity in structure, though of different function, because of genetic relationships

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Homogenynoun

    Joint nature.

    Etymology: ὁμογενία.

    By the driving back of the principal spirits, which preserve the consistence of the body, their government is dissolved, and every part returneth to his nature or homogeny. Francis Bacon.

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  1. homogeny

    Homogeny refers to the state or quality of being alike or similar in nature, structure, or composition. It can be used in various contexts such as in biology to describe a uniformity in structure or composition, or in sociology to describe a population group that shares common characteristics or behaviors.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Homogenynoun

    joint nature

  2. Homogenynoun

    the correspondence of common descent; -- a term used to supersede homology by Lankester, who also used homoplasy to denote any superinduced correspondence of position and structure in parts embryonically distinct (other writers using the term homoplasmy). Thus, there is homogeny between the fore limb of a mammal and the wing of a bird; but the right and left ventricles of the heart in both are only in homoplasy with each other, these having arisen independently since the divergence of both groups from a univentricular ancestor

  3. Etymology: [Gr. ; the same + race, kind.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of homogeny in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of homogeny in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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