homolog
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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/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
homolog (plural homologs)
- Something homologous; a homologous organ or part, chemical compound or chromosome.
- 2008, Chan-seok Jeong, Minho Lee, Dongsup Kim, edited by Ratko Magjarevic, World Congress of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering 2006, Volume 1 (Biomedical Engineering), →ISBN, page 171:
- Detecting remote homolog by protein similarity network.
- (linguistics) A word shared by two languages or dialects.
- (genetics) One of a group of similar DNA sequences that share a common ancestry.
- (organic chemistry) A member of a homologous series.
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German
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὁμόλογος (homólogos, “agreeing, of one mind”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
homolog (strong nominative masculine singular homologer, not comparable)
- 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 | |
Further reading
- “homolog” in Duden online