adj corresponding in relative position and proportion.
2. homologous ·adj having the same relative position, proportion, value, or structure.
3. homologous ·adj having the same relative proportion or value, as the two antecedents or the two consequents of a proportion.
4. homologous ·adj characterized by homology; belonging to the same type or series; corresponding in composition and properties. ·see homology, 3.
5. homologous ·adj being of the same typical structure; having like relations to a fundamental type to structure; as, those bones in the hand of man and the fore foot of a horse are homologous that correspond in their structural relations, that is, in their relations to the type structure of the fore limb in vertebrates.