Word Meanings - HOMOTYPAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Of the same type of structure; pertaining to a homotype; as, homotypal parts.
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- HOMOTYPAL
Of the same type of structure; pertaining to a homotype; as, homotypal parts. - STRUCTURE
Manner of organization; the arrangement of the different tissues or parts of animal and vegetable organisms; as, organic structure, or the structure of animals and plants; cellular structure. 5. That which is built; a building; esp., a building - PERTAIN
stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant - HOMOTYPE
That which has the same fundamental type of structure with something else; thus, the right arm is the homotype of the right leg; one arm is the homotype of the other, etc. Owen. - STRUCTURELESS
Without a definite structure, or arrangement of parts; without organization; devoid of cells; homogeneous; as, a structureless membrane. - STRUCTURED
Having a definite organic structure; showing differentiation of parts. The passage from a structureless state to a structured state is itself a vital process. H. Spencer. - SUPERSTRUCTURE
all that part of a building above the basement. Also used figuratively. You have added to your natural endowments the superstructure of study. Dryden. (more info) 1. Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised - SUBSTRUCTURE
See GROUNDWORK - CONSTRUCTURE
That which is constructed or formed; an edifice; a fabric. - APPERTAIN
To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach