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Ho`me*o*path"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. homÈopathique.] Of or pertaining to homeopathy; according to the principles of homeopathy. [Also homúpathic.]

Ho`me*o*path"ic*al*ly (?), adv. According to the practice of homeopathy. [Also homúopathically.]

Ho`me*op"a*thist (?), n. A believer in, or practitioner of, homeopathy. [Written also homúopathist.]

Ho*me*op"a*thy (?), n. [Gr. &?; likeness of condition or feeling; &?; like (fr. &?; same; cf. Same) + &?; to suffer: cf. F. homÈopathie. See Pathos.] (Med.) The art of curing, founded on resemblances; the theory and its practice that disease is cured (tuto, cito, et jucunde) by remedies which produce on a healthy person effects similar to the symptoms of the complaint under which the patient suffers, the remedies being usually administered in minute doses. This system was founded by Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, and is opposed to allopathy, or heteropathy. [Written also homúopathy.]

Hom"er (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance.

Ho"mer (?), n. (Zoˆl.) See Hoemother.

Ho"mer, n. [Heb. khmer.] A Hebrew measure containing, as a liquid measure, ten baths, equivalent to fifty-five gallons, two quarts, one pint; and, as a dry measure, ten ephahs, equivalent to six bushels, two pecks, four quarts. [Written also chomer, gomer.]

Ho*mer"ic (?), a. [L. Homericus, Gr. "Omhriko`s.] Of or pertaining to Homer, the most famous of Greek poets; resembling the poetry of Homer.

Homeric verse, hexameter verse; -- so called because used by Homer in his epics.

Home"sick` (?), a. Pining for home; in a nostalgic condition. -- Home"sick`ness, n.

Home"-speak`ing (?), n. Direct, forcible, and effective speaking. Milton.

Home"spun (?), a. 1. Spun or wrought at home; of domestic manufacture; coarse; plain. "Homespun country garbs." W. Irving.

2. Plain in manner or style; not elegant; rude; coarse. "Our homespun English proverb." Dryden. "Our homespun authors." Addison.

Home"spun, n. 1. Cloth made at home; as, he was dressed in homespun.

2. An unpolished, rustic person. [Obs.] Shak.

Home"stall` (?), n. [AS. hmsteall.] Place of a home; homestead. Cowper.

Home"stead (?), n. [AS. hmstede.] 1. The home place; a home and the inclosure or ground immediately connected with it. Dryden.

2. The home or seat of a family; place of origin.

We can trace them back to a homestead on the Rivers Volga and Ural.

W. Tooke.

3. (Law) The home and appurtenant land and buildings owned by the head of a family, and occupied by him and his family.

Homestead law. (a) A law conferring special privileges or exemptions upon owners of homesteads; esp., a law exempting a homestead from attachment or sale under execution for general debts. Such laws, with limitations as to the extent or value of the property, exist in most of the States. Called also homestead exemption law. (b) Also, a designation of an Act of Congress authorizing and regulating the sale of public lands, in parcels of 160 acres each, to actual settlers. [U.S.]

Home"stead*er (?), n. One who has entered upon a portion of the public land with the purpose of acquiring ownership of it under provisions of the homestead law, so called; one who has acquired a homestead in this manner. [Local, U.S.]

Home"ward (?), a. Being in the direction of home; as, the homeward way.

{ Home"ward (?), Home"wards (?), } adv. [AS. hmweard.] Toward home; in the direction of one's house, town, or country.

Homeward bound, bound for home; going homeward; as, the homeward bound fleet.

Hom"i*ci`dal (?), a. Pertaining to homicide; tending to homicide; murderous.

Hom"i*cide (?), n. [F., fr. L. homicidium, fr. homicida a man slayer; homo man + caedere to cut, kill. See Homage, and cf. Concise, Shed, v. t.] 1. The killing of one human being by another.

Homicide is of three kinds: justifiable, as when the killing is performed in the exercise of a right or performance of a duty; excusable, as when done, although not as duty or right, yet without culpable or criminal intent; and felonious, or involving what the law terms malice; the latter may be either manslaughter or murder. Bouvier.

2. One who kills another; a manslayer. Chaucer. Shak.

Hom"i*form (?), a. [L. homo man + -form.] In human form. [Obs.] Cudworth.

Hom"i*lete (?), n. A homilist.

{ Hom`i*let"ic (?), Hom`i*let"ic*al (?), } a. [Gr. &?;: cf. F. homilÈtique. See Homily.] 1. Of or pertaining to familiar intercourse; social; affable; conversable; companionable. [R.]

His virtues active, chiefly, and homiletical, not those lazy, sullen ones of the cloister.

Atterbury.

2. Of or pertaining to homiletics; hortatory.

Hom`i*let"ics (?), n. [Cf. F. homilÈtique.] The art of preaching; that branch of theology which treats of homilies or sermons, and the best method of preparing and delivering them.

Hom"i*list (?), n. One who prepares homilies; one who preaches to a congregation.

Hom"i*lite (?), n. [From Gr. &?; to be in company with.] (Min.) A borosilicate of iron and lime, near datolite in form and composition.

Hom"i*ly (?), n.; pl. Homilies (#). [LL. homilia, Gr. &?; communion, assembly, converse, sermon, fr. &?; an assembly, fr. &?; same; cf. &?; together, and &?; crowd, cf. &?; to press: cf. F. homÈlie. See Same.] 1. A discourse or sermon read or pronounced to an audience; a serious discourse. Shak.

2. A serious or tedious exhortation in private on some moral point, or on the conduct of life.

As I have heard my father Deal out in his long homilies.

Byron.

Book of Homilies. A collection of authorized, printed sermons, to be read by ministers in churches, esp. one issued in the time of Edward VI., and a second, issued in the reign of Elizabeth; -- both books being certified to contain a "godly and wholesome doctrine."

Hom"ing (?), a. Home-returning; -- used specifically of carrier pigeons.

Hom"i*ny (?), n. [From North American Indian auh˙minea parched corn.] Maize hulled and broken, and prepared for food by being boiled in water. [U.S.] [Written also homony.]

Hom"ish (?), a. Like a home or a home circle.

Quiet, cheerful, homish hospital life.

E. E. Hale.

Hom"mock (?), n. A small eminence of a conical form, of land or of ice; a knoll; a hillock. See Hummock. Bartram.

Hom"mock*y (?), a. Filled with hommocks; piled in the form of hommocks; -- said of ice.

Ho"mo- (?). A combining form from Gr. "omo`s, one and the same, common, joint.

Ho`mo*cat`e*gor"ic (?), a. [Homo- + categoric.] (Biol.) Belonging to the same category of individuality; -- a morphological term applied to organisms so related.

Ho`mo*cen"tric (?), a. [Gr. &?;: &?; the same + &?; center: cf. F. homocentrique.] Having the same center.

Ho`mo*cer"cal (?), a. [Homo- + Gr. &?; tail.] (Zoˆl.) Having the tail nearly or quite symmetrical, the vertebral column terminating near its base; -- opposed to heterocercal.

Ho"mo*cer`cy (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The possession of a homocercal tail.

Ho`mo*cer`e*brin (?), n. [Homo- + rebrin.] (Physiol. Chem.) A body similar to, or identical with, cerebrin.

Ho`mo*chro"mous (?), a. [Homo- + Gr. &?; color.] (Bot.) Having all the florets in the same flower head of the same color.

Ho`mo*dem"ic (?), a. [Homo- + 1st deme, 2.] (Biol.) A morphological term signifying development, in the case of multicellular organisms, from the same unit deme or unit of the inferior orders of individuality.

Ho`mo*der"mic (?), a. (Biol.) Relating to homodermy; originating from the same germ layer.

Ho"mo*der`my (?), n. [Homo- + -derm.] (Biol.) Homology of the germinal layers.

Hom"o*dont (?), a. [Homo- + Gr. &?;, &?;, a tooth.] (Anat.) Having all the teeth similar in front, as in the porpoises; -- opposed to heterodont.

{ Ho*mod"ro*mal (?), Ho*mod"ro*mous (?), } a. [Homo- + Gr. &?; a course, running.] 1. (Bot.) Running in the same direction; -- said of stems twining round a support, or of the spiral succession of leaves on stems and their branches.

2. (Mech.) Moving in the same direction; -- said of a lever or pulley in which the resistance and the actuating force are both on the same side of the fulcrum or axis.

Ho`mo*dy*nam"ic (?), a. Homodynamous. Quain.

Ho`mo*dy"na*mous (?), a. (Biol.) Pertaining to, or involving, homodynamy; as, successive or homodynamous parts in plants and animals.

Ho`mo*dy"na*my (?), n. [Gr. &?; of like power; &?; the same + &?; power.] (Biol.) The homology of metameres. See Metamere. Gegenbaur.

||Ho`mú*o*me"ri*a (?), n. [L., from Gr. &?;; &?; like + &?; part.] The ||state or quality of being homogeneous in elements or first ||principles; likeness or identity of parts.

{ Ho`mú*o*mer"ic (?), Ho`mú*o*mer"ic*al (?), } a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, sameness of parts; receiving or advocating the doctrine of homogeneity of elements or first principles.

Ho`mú*om"er*ous (?), a. (Anat.) Having the main artery of the leg parallel with the sciatic nerve; -- said of certain birds.

Ho`mú*om"e*ry (?), n. [Gr. &?; like + -metry.] Same as Homúomeria. [Obs.] Cudworth.

Ho`mú*o*mor"phism (?), n. [See Homúomorphous.] A near similarity of crystalline forms between unlike chemical compounds. See Isomorphism.

Ho`mú*o*mor"phous (?), a. [Gr. &?; of like form; &?; like + &?; form.] Manifesting homúomorphism.

Ho`mú*o*path"ic, a., Ho`mú*op"a*thist, n., Ho`mú*op"a*thy, n. Same as Homeopathic, Homeopathist, Homeopathy.

Ho`mú*o*ther"mal (?), a. See Homoiothermal.

Ho`mú*o*zo"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?; like + &?; life.] (Zoˆl.) Pertaining to, or including, similar forms or kinds of life; as, homúozoic belts on the earth's surface. E. Forbes.

Ho*mog"a*mous (?), a. [Gr. &?; married together; &?; the same + &?; marriage.] (Bot.) Having all the flowers alike; -- said of such composite plants as Eupatorium, and the thistels.

Ho*mog"a*my (?), n. (Bot.) The condition of being homogamous.

Ho`mo*gan"gli*ate (?), a. [Homo- + gangliate.] (Zoˆl.) Having the ganglia of the nervous system symmetrically arranged, as in certain invertebrates; -- opposed to heterogangliate.

Ho"mo*gene (?), a. [Cf. F. homogËne.] Homogeneous. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Ho`mo*ge"ne*al (?), a. Homogeneous.

Ho`mo*ge"ne*al*ness, n. Homogeneousness.

Ho`mo*ge*ne"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. homogÈnÈitÈ.] Same as Homogeneousness.

Ho`mo*ge"ne*ous (?), a. [Gr. &?;; &?; the same + &?; race, kind: cf. F. homogËne. See Same, and Kin.] 1. Of the same kind of nature; consisting of similar parts, or of elements of the like nature; -- opposed to heterogeneous; as, homogeneous particles, elements, or principles; homogeneous bodies.

2. (Alg.) Possessing the same number of factors of a given kind; as, a homogeneous polynomial.

Ho`mo*ge"ne*ous*ness, n. Sameness 9kind or nature; uniformity of structure or material.

Ho`mo*gen"e*sis (?), n. [Homo- + genesis.] (Biol.) That method of reproduction in which the successive generations are alike, the offspring, either animal or plant, running through the same cycle of existence as the parent; gamogenesis; -- opposed to heterogenesis.

Ho`mo*ge*net"ic (?), a. (Biol.) Homogenous; -- applied to that class of homologies which arise from similarity of structure, and which are taken as evidences of common ancestry.

Ho*mog"e*nous (?), a. (Biol.) Having a resemblance in structure, due to descent from a common progenitor with subsequent modification; homogenetic; -- applied both to animals and plants. See Homoplastic.

Ho*mog"e*ny (?), n. [Gr. &?;; &?; the same + &?; race, kind.] 1. Joint nature. [Obs.] Bacon.

2. (Biol.) The correspondence of common descent; -- a term used to supersede homology by Lankester, who also used homoplasy to denote any superinduced correspondence of position and structure in parts embryonically distinct (other writers using the term homoplasmy). Thus, there is homogeny between the fore limb of a mammal and the wing of a bird; but the right and left ventricles of the heart in both are only in homoplasy with each other, these having arisen independently since the divergence of both groups from a univentricular ancestor.

Ho*mog"o*nous, a. [Gr. &?;. See Homogeneous.] (Bot.) Having all the flowers of a plant alike in respect to the stamens and pistils.

Ho*mog"o*ny (?), n. (Bot.) The condition of having homogonous flowers.

Hom"o*graph (?), n. [Gr. "omo`grafos with the same letters; "omo`s the same + gra`fein to write.] (Philol.) One of two or more words identical in orthography, but having different derivations and meanings; as, fair, n., a market, and fair, a., beautiful.

Ho`mo*graph"ic (?), a. 1. Employing a single and separate character to represent each sound; -- said of certain methods of spelling words.

2. (Geom.) Possessing the property of homography.

Ho*mog"ra*phy (?), n. 1. That method of spelling in which every sound is represented by a single character, which indicates that sound and no other.

2. (Geom.) A relation between two figures, such that to any point of the one corresponds one and but one point in the other, and vise versa. Thus, a tangent line rolling on a circle cuts two fixed tangents of the circle in two sets of points that are homographic.

||Ho*moi`op*to"ton (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; in a like case; &?; like + ||&?; falling.] (Rhet.) A figure in which the several parts of a ||sentence end with the same case, or inflection generally.

Ho*moi`o*ther"mal (?), a. [Gr. &?; like + E. thermal.] (Physiol.) Maintaining a uniform temperature; hÊmatothermal; homothermic; -- applied to warm- bodied animals, because they maintain a nearly uniform temperature in spite of the great variations in the surrounding air; in distinct from the cold-blooded (poikilothermal) animals, whose body temperature follows the variations in temperature of the surrounding medium.

Ho`moi*ou"si*an (?), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, of like substance; "o`moios + o'ysi`a the substance, being, essence.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of the semi-Arians of the 4th century, who held that the Son was of like, but not the same, essence or substance with the Father; -- opposed to homoousian.

Ho`moi*ou"si*an, a. Of or pertaining to Homoiousians, or their belief.

Ho*mol"o*gate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Homologated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Homologating.] [LL. homologatus, p. p. of homologare to homologate; Gr. &?; to assent, agree. See Homologous.] (Civ. Law) To approve; to allow; to confirm; as, the court homologates a proceeding. Wheaton.

Ho*mol`o*ga"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. homologation.] (Civ. & Scots Law) Confirmation or ratification (as of something otherwise null and void), by a court or a grantor.

Ho`mo*log"ic*al (?), a. Pertaining to homology; having a structural affinity proceeding from, or base upon, that kind of relation termed homology. -- Ho`mo*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

Ho*mol`o*gin"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, homology; as, homologinic qualities, or differences.

Ho*mol"o*gize (?), v. t. (Biol.) To determine the homologies or structural relations of.

||Ho*mol"o*gon (?), n. [NL.] See Homologue.

||Hom`o*lo*gou"me*na (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; things conceded, p. ||p. of &?; to agree, admit, concede. See Homologous.] Those books of ||the New Testament which were acknowledged as canonical by the early ||church; -- distinguished from antilegomena.

Ho*mol"o*gous (?), a. [Gr. &?; assenting, agreeing; &?; the same + &?; speech, discourse, proportion, &?; to say, speak.] Having the same relative position, proportion, value, or structure. Especially: (a) (Geom.) Corresponding in relative position and proportion.

In similar polygons, the corresponding sides, angles, diagonals, etc., are homologous.

Davies & Peck (Math. Dict.).

(b) (Alg.) Having the same relative proportion or value, as the two antecedents or the two consequents of a proportion. (c) (Chem.) Characterized by homology; belonging to the same type or series; corresponding in composition and properties. See Homology, 3. (d) (Biol.) Being of the same typical structure; having like relations to a fundamental type to structure; as, those bones in the hand of man and the fore foot of a horse are homologous that correspond in their structural relations, that is, in their relations to the type structure of the fore limb in vertebrates.

Homologous stimulus. (Physiol.) See under Stimulus.

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Hom`o*lo*graph"ic (?), a. [Homo- + Gr. "o`los whole + -graph + -ic; but cf. F. homalographique, Gr. &?; even, level.] Preserving the mutual relations of parts, especially as to size and form; maintaining relative proportion.

Homolographic projection, a method of constructing geographical charts or maps, so that the surfaces, as delineated on a plane, have the same relative size as the real surfaces; that is, so that the relative actual areas of the different countries are accurately represented by the corresponding portions of the map.

Hom"o*logue (?), n. [Cf. F. homologue. See Homologous.] That which is homologous to something else; as, the corresponding sides, etc., of similar polygons are the homologues of each other; the members or terms of an homologous series in chemistry are the homologues of each other; one of the bones in the hand of man is the homologue of that in the paddle of a whale.

Ho*mol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. &?; agreement. See Homologous.] 1. The quality of being homologous; correspondence; relation; as, the homologyof similar polygons.

2. (Biol.) Correspondence or relation in type of structure in contradistinction to similarity of function; as, the relation in structure between the leg and arm of a man; or that between the arm of a man, the fore leg of a horse, the wing of a bird, and the fin of a fish, all these organs being modifications of one type of structure.

Homology indicates genetic relationship, and according to Haeckel special homology should be defined in terms of identity of embryonic origin. See Homotypy, and Homogeny.

3. (Chem.) The correspondence or resemblance of substances belonging to the same type or series; a similarity of composition varying by a small, regular difference, and usually attended by a regular variation in physical properties; as, there is an homology between methane, CH4, ethane, C2H6, propane, C3H8, etc., all members of the paraffin series. In an extended sense, the term is applied to the relation between chemical elements of the same group; as, chlorine, bromine, and iodine are said to be in homology with each other. Cf. Heterology.

General homology (Biol.), the higher relation which a series of parts, or a single part, bears to the fundamental or general type on which the group is constituted. Owen. -- Serial homology (Biol.), representative or repetitive relation in the segments of the same organism, -- as in the lobster, where the parts follow each other in a straight line or series. Owen. See Homotypy. -- Special homology (Biol.), the correspondence of a part or organ with those of a different animal, as determined by relative position and connection. Owen.

Ho*mom"al*lous (?), a. [Homo- + Gr. &?; a lock of wool.] (Bot.) Uniformly bending or curving to one side; -- said of leaves which grow on several sides of a stem.

{ Ho`mo*mor"phic (?), Ho`mo*mor"phous (?), } a. [Gr. &?; the same + &?; shape.] Characterized by homomorphism.

Ho`mo*mor"phism (?), n. [See Homomorphous.] 1. (Biol.) Same as Homomorphy.

2. (Bot.) The possession, in one species of plants, of only one kind of flowers; -- opposed to heteromorphism, dimorphism, and trimorphism.

3. (Zoˆl.) The possession of but one kind of larvÊ or young, as in most insects.

Ho"mo*mor`phy (?), n. [Homo- + Gr. &?; form.] (Biol.) Similarity of form; resemblance in external characters, while widely different in fundamental structure; resemblance in geometric ground form. See Homophyly, Promorphology.

Ho*mon"o*mous (?), a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to homonomy.

Ho*mon"o*my (?), n. [Homo- + Gr. &?; law.] (Biol.) The homology of parts arranged on transverse axes. Haeckel.

Hom"o*nym (?), n. [Cf. F. homonyme. See Homonymous.] A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning; as the noun bear and the verb bear. [Written also homonyme.]

Ho*mon"y*mous (?), a. [L. homonymus, Gr. &?;; &?; the same + &?;, for &?; name; akin to E. name.] 1. Having the same name or designation; standing in the same relation; -- opposed to heteronymous.

2. Having the same name or designation, but different meaning or relation; hence, equivocal; ambiguous.

Ho*mon"y*mous*ly, adv. 1. In an homonymous manner; so as to have the same name or relation.

2. Equivocally; ambiguously.

Ho*mon"y*my (?), n. [Gr. &?;: cf. F. homonymie.] 1. Sameness of name or designation; identity in relations. Holland.

Homonymy may be as well in place as in persons.

Fuller.

2. Sameness of name or designation of things or persons which are different; ambiguity.

Ho`mo*ˆr"gan (?). [Homo- + organ.] Same as Homoplast.

Ho`mo*ou"si*an (?), n. [Gr. &?;; &?; the same + &?; being, essence, substance.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of those, in the 4th century, who accepted the Nicene creed, and maintained that the Son had the same essence or substance with the Father; -- opposed to homoiousian.

Ho`mo*ou"si*an, a. Of or pertaining to the Homoousians, or to the doctrines they held.

Hom"o*phone (?), n. [Cf. F. homophone. See Homophonous.] 1. A letter or character which expresses a like sound with another. Gliddon.

2. A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning and usually in spelling; as, all and awl; bare and bear; rite, write, right, and wright.

{ Ho`mo*phon"ic (?), Ho*moph"o*nous (?), } a. [Gr. &?;; &?; the same + &?; sound, tone: cf. F. homophone.] 1. (Mus.) (a) Originally, sounding alike; of the same pitch; unisonous; monodic. (b) Now used for plain harmony, note against note, as opposed to polyphonic harmony, in which the several parts move independently, each with its own melody.

2. Expressing the same sound by a different combination of letters; as, bay and bey.

Ho*moph"o*ny (?), n. [Gr. &?;: cf. F. homophonie.] 1. Sameness of sound.

2. (Mus.) (a) Sameness of sound; unison. (b) Plain harmony, as opposed to polyphony. See Homophonous.

Ho`mo*phyl"ic (?), a. (Biol.) Relating to homophily.

Ho*moph"y*ly (?), n. [Homo- + Gr. &?; a clan.] (Biol.) That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetic homology), in opposition to homomorphy, to which genealogic basis is wanting. Haeckel.

Ho"mo*plas`my (?), n. [Homo- + Gr. &?; anything formed, fr. &?; to form, mold.] (Biol.) Resemblance between different plants or animals, in external shape, in general habit, or in organs, which is not due to descent from a common ancestor, but to similar surrounding circumstances.

Hom"o*plast (?), n. (Biol.) One of the plastids composing the idorgan of Haeckel; -- also called homoˆrgan.

Ho`mo*plas"tic (?), a. [Homo- + plastic.] Of or pertaining to homoplasty; as, homoplasticorgans; homoplastic forms.

Ho"mo*plas`ty (?), n. [Homo- + plasty.] (Biol.) The formation of homologous tissues.

Ho*mop"la*sy (?), n. [Homo- + Gr. &?; to form, mold.] (Biol.) See Homogeny.

Ho`mo*pol"ic (?), a. [Homo- + pole.] (Biol.) In promorphology, pertaining to or exhibiting that kind of organic form, in which the stereometric ground form is a pyramid, with similar poles. See Promorphology.

Ho*mop"ter (?), n. (Zoˆl.) One of the Homoptera.

||Ho*mop"te*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; the same, like + &?; ||wing.] (Zoˆl.) A suborder of Hemiptera, in which both pairs of wings ||are similar in texture, and do not overlap when folded, as in the ||cicada. See Hemiptera.

Ho*mop"ter*an (?), n. (Zoˆl.) An homopter.

Ho*mop"ter*ous (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Of or pertaining to the Homoptera.

Ho"mo*styled (?), a. [Homo- + style.] (Bot.) Having only one form of pistils; -- said of the flowers of some plants. Darwin.

Ho`mo*sys*tem"ic (?), a. [Homo- + systemic.] (Biol.) Developing, in the case of multicellular organisms, from the same embryonic systems into which the secondary unit (gastrula or plant enbryo) differentiates.

||Ho`mo*tax"i*a (?), n. [NL.] Same as Homotaxis.