Homologous vs X - What's the difference?
homologous | x |
Showing a degree of correspondence or similarity.
: (biology) Corresponding to a similar structure in another life form with a common evolutionary origin.
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: (chemistry) Belonging to a series of aliphatic organic compounds that differ only by the addition of a CH2 group.
: (genetics) Having the same morphology as another chromosome.
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur
Roman numerals
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As an adjective homologous
is showing a degree of correspondence or similarity.As a letter x is
the twenty-fourth letter of the.As a symbol x is
voiceless velar fricative.homologous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Lobules, homologous in structure, recur again only in the Gondwanalandic families Lepidolaenaceae and Jubulopsidaceae thus in the Lepidolaenineae.
- Flippers and hands are homologous structures .