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homogeny|həʊˈmɒdʒɪnɪ|
[Ultimately, ad. Gr. ὁµογένεια community of origin, f. ὁµογενε- of the same race or same kind: see homogene.]
†1. Uniformity of nature, homogeneity. Obs.
1626Bacon Sylva §333 The Exhaling, or..Driuing backe of the principall Spirits, which preserue the Consistence of the Body; So that when their Gouernment is Dissolued euery Part returneth to his Nature or Homogeny.
2. Biol. The quality of being homogenous; correspondence of structure due to common descent.
1870Ray Lankester in Ann. Nat. Hist. VI. 36 If, however, we compare the fore limb of Sauropsida and Mammalia, it is possible to go a step further with the homogeny. 1872Nicholson Biol. 49 Mr. Ray Lankester has recently proposed to supersede the term ‘homology’, and to substitute for it the two terms ‘homogeny’ and ‘homoplasy’. |