homoeomerous

See also: homœomerous

English

Alternative forms

homeomerous
homœomerous (archaic)

Etymology

From homoe- (from Ancient Greek ὅμοιος (hómoios, “of like kind”, “similar”)) + -o- + -merous (from Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “portion”)).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /hoʊmiˈɑməɹəs/

Adjective

homoeomerous (comparative more homoeomerous, superlative most homoeomerous)

(biology) Having similar quantities or variations pertaining to parts of structure.
Being the same whether whole or divided into parts.
- 1990, Terence Irwin, Aristotle's First Principles:
  A lump of bronze differs from a statue in being homoeomerous; it is divisible into lumps of bronze, whereas the statue is not divisible into statues.

References

William Dwight Whitney (1906) The Century dictionary and cyclopedia, page 2867

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