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homotaxy

homotaxy is the alternative form of homotaxis.

Meaning of homotaxis

Noun

homotaxis (uncountable)

  1. Similarity in formation of parts.
  2. Similarity in the lithostratigraphic or biostratigraphic vertical sequence of rock strata in different locations that are not necessarily similar in age.

Questions about homotaxy

What is homotaxy the alternative form of?
Homotaxy is the alternative form of homotaxis.

Words near homotaxy in the dictionary

  1. homotaxia
  2. homotaxial
  3. homotaxic
  4. homotaxically
  5. homotaxis
  6. homotaxy
  7. homotelechelic
  8. homotelomeric
  9. homoterpene
  10. homoterpenes
  11. homotethy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: homotaxy (page history and authors); homotaxis (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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