HOMOPHONIC; HOMOPHONOUS
Ho`mo*phon"ic, Ho*moph"o*nous, a. Etym: [Gr. 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.
HOMOPHONY
Ho*moph"o*ny, n. Etym: [Gr. homophonie.]
1. Sameness of sound.
2. (Mus.) (a) Sameness of sound; unison. (b) Plain harmony, as opposed to polyphony. See Homophonous.
HOMOPHYLIC
Ho`mo*phyl"ic, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Relating to homophily.
HOMOPHYLY
Ho*moph"y*ly, n. Etym: [Homo- + Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetic homology), in opposition to homomorphy, to which genealogic basis is wanting. Haeckel.