Meanings
nounhomoeomeria (plural homoeomerias)
plural homoeomerias · alternative homœomeria · alternative homeomeria · alternative homoiomeriae · alternative homoeomery · alternative homœomery · alternative homeomery
- The state or quality of being homogeneous in elements or first principles; likeness or identity of parts.
- human sciencesA doctrine in the philosophy of Anaxagoras, that the atoms constituting a substance must themselves have the salient observed properties of that substance. e.g. atoms of water would be wet, atoms of iron would be hard, atoms of wool would be soft, etc.
Origin
- Ancient Greekὅμοιος“similar, like”
- Englishhomoeomeria
From Ancient Greek ὅμοιος (hómoios, “similar, like”) or ὁμοῖος (homoîos, “similar, like”) with μέρος (méros, “portion, part, share”).
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