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Heterology

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(1):

(n.) The connection or relation of bodies which have partial identity of composition, but different characteristics and properties; the relation existing between derivatives of the same substance, or of the analogous members of different series; as, ethane, ethyl alcohol, acetic aldehyde, and acetic acid are in heterology with each other, though each in at the same time a member of a distinct homologous series. Cf. Homology.

(2):

(n.) The absence of correspondence, or relation, in type of structure; lack of analogy between parts, owing to their being composed of different elements, or of like elements in different proportions; variation in structure from the normal form; - opposed to homology.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Heterology'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​h/heterology.html. 1828.
 
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