Meanings
comparative more homoeomerous · superlative most homoeomerous · alternative homeomerous · alternative homœomerous
- biologyHaving similar quantities or variations pertaining to parts of structure.
- biologyComposed entirely of thread-like hyphae.
- Being the same whether whole or divided into parts.
A lump of bronze differs from a statue in being homoeomerous; it is divisible into lumps of bronze, whereas the statue is not divisible into statues.
1990, Terence Irwin, Aristotle's First Principles
Origin
- Ancient Greekμέρος“portion”
- Ancient Greekὅμοιος“of like kind”, “similar”
- Englishhomoeomerous
From homoe- (from Ancient Greek ὅμοιος (hómoios, “of like kind”, “similar”)) + -o- + -merous (from Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “portion”)).
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