Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In zoology, made up of like segments or metameres: said of annelids or arthropods in which the various metameres are of the same or similar structure. Opposed to
heteronomous . - Of or pertaining to homonomy; having the quality of homonomy, or that kind of special homology.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Biol.) Of or pertaining to homonomy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having the same
features orfunctions .
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek ὁμός (homos, "same") + νόμος (nomos, "law").
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Examples
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And yet this is not to deny that epistemology and ethics can both be subdivided into homonomous and autonomous considerations.
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