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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having similar proportions or relations: specifically applied in chemistry to a series of hydrocarbons each member of which differs in composition from the next above it in the same series by having two less hydrogen atoms. Thus, ethane (C2H6), ethylene (C2H4), and acetylene (C2H2) form an isologous series.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Chem.) Having similar proportions, similar relations, or similar differences of composition; -- said specifically of groups or series which differ by a constant difference.

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  • adjective chemistry Having similar proportions, similar relations, or similar differences of composition; said specifically of groups or series which differ by a constant difference.

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