homological

Definition of homologicalnext

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Recent Examples of homological For the past three decades, he’s been focused on developing a program called homological mirror symmetry, which has its roots in string theory. Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 12 Dec. 2025 Sheridan, Sheel Ganatra and Timothy Perutz—is building on seminal ideas introduced in 1990s by Kontsevich related to his homological mirror symmetry conjecture. Kevin Hartnett, WIRED, 15 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homological
Adjective
  • Another interesting recommendation from ACIP is to use vaccines from the same manufacturer (homologous vaccines).
    Judy Stone, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Brain probes conducted during virtual jaunts have uncovered many points that apply to the human brain also, which is homologous to the mouse brain, Dombeck notes.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 9 Dec. 2023
Adjective
  • What’s going on there is analogous to what the oil business did in Houston and Dallas.
    Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Indeed, in star-forming regions such as the Trifid, the radiation sculpts the nebulosity in a way that is somewhat analogous to how wind sculpts rocks in the desert.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • About 50% of Open Door's 60,000 patients are on Medicaid, the joint state and federal insurance program that, together with the related Children's Health Insurance Program, covers about 76 million people with low incomes or disabilities.
    Sarah Jane Tribble, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • California, Colorado, Illinois, New Jersey and other states are exploring similar legislation, while New York has already enacted a related pricing transparency law.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • In comparable territory, The Outsiders keeps things earnest, and even Stranger Things, for all its loopiness, plays its baby-monster antihero story tragic and straight.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The legislation also includes the implementation of a public online database displaying information on DCF’s performance comparable to federal standards and additional mandatory training for DCF employees.
    Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2026

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“Homological.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homological. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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