homo-
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A word part that shows things are the same, as in homogeneous
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- The prefix homo- is commonly found in scientific terms like 'homogeneous' to indicate uniformity.
Examples
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In chemistry, the term homo- is used to describe molecules that have identical features.
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Researchers study the homo- structure of molecules to understand their similarities.
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What's what's the HOMO of the CC double bond?
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And and then there's this manifold here that corresponds to ionizing an electron out of the HOMO of methane.
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Now is that set up to overlap well with π star, the HOMO below and the LUMO above?
Surface Forms
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Etymology
Homo- comes from an old Greek root meaning 'same' or 'equal', so it forms words that show similarity, like homogeneous ('all the same') and homophone ('same sound').
