1. of or relating to homology; showing structural similarity due to common evolutionary origin
Usage: biology; formal
2. of or relating to homology in mathematics, especially in algebraic topology and abstract algebra
Usage: mathematics; technical

Examples

• The homological structures of mammalian limbs reveal their shared evolutionary ancestry.
• Homological algebra provides tools for studying complex mathematical objects.
• The homological properties of the protein suggest it evolved from a common ancestor.
• Researchers used homological methods to analyze the topology of the data.
• In homological terms, the two species share significant skeletal similarities.