homodynamy

English

Etymology

From homo- +‎ Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis, “power”).

Noun

homodynamy (countable and uncountable, plural homodynamies)

1. (biology) The homology of metameres.
   • 1878, Carl Gegenbaur, Elements of comparative anatomy:

     2 ) Homodynamy (equivalent to the general homology of Owen, and partly also to his serial homology) subsists between parts of the body which are affected by a general morphological phaenomenon serially expressed in the organism.

Derived terms

• homodynamic
• homodynamous

Related terms

• homodyne

See also

• isodynamic
• isodynamous
• homonomy
• homomorphism

References

“homodynamy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.