homolog

See also: Homolog

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French homologue, From Ancient Greek ὁμόλογος (homólogos, “agreeing, of one mind”), equivalent to homo +‎ -log.

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɒməlɒɡ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɑːməlɑːɡ/, /ˈhoʊməlɑːɡ/
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Noun

homolog (plural homologs)

  1. Something homologous; a homologous organ or part, chemical compound or chromosome.
    • 2008, Chan-seok Jeong, Minho Lee, Dongsup Kim, Ratko Magjarevic, editor, World Congress of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering 2006, Volume 1‎ (Biomedical Engineering), →ISBN, page 171:
      Detecting remote homolog by protein similarity network.
  2. (linguistics) A word shared by two languages or dialects.
  3. (genetics) One of a group of similar DNA sequences that share a common ancestry.
  4. (organic chemistry) A member of a homologous series.

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German

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Adjective

homolog (strong nominative masculine singular homologer, not comparable)

  1. homologous (all senses)

Declension
Positive forms of homolog (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist homolog sie ist homolog es ist homolog sie sind homolog
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative homologer homologe homologes homologe
genitive homologen homologer homologen homologer
dative homologem homologer homologem homologen
accusative homologen homologe homologes homologe
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der homologe die homologe das homologe die homologen
genitive des homologen der homologen des homologen der homologen
dative dem homologen der homologen dem homologen den homologen
accusative den homologen die homologe das homologe die homologen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein homologer eine homologe ein homologes (keine) homologen
genitive eines homologen einer homologen eines homologen (keiner) homologen
dative einem homologen einer homologen einem homologen (keinen) homologen
accusative einen homologen eine homologe ein homologes (keine) homologen

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