HOMOLOGUE


Meaning of HOMOLOGUE in English

/hoh"meuh lawg', -log', hom"euh-/ , n.

1. something homologous.

2. Chem. any member of a homologous series of organic compounds: Ethane is a homologue of the alkane series.

Also, homolog .

[ 1840-50; homólogon, neut. of homólogos HOMOLOGOUS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .