n. [ Gr. &unr_;; no`mos law + &unr_; to write. ] A treatise on laws; an exposition of the form proper for laws. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "omo`grafos with the same letters; "omo`s the same + gra`fein to write. ] (Philol.) One of two or more words identical in orthography, but having different derivations and meanings; as, fair, n., a market, and fair, a., beautiful. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Employing a single and separate character to represent each sound; -- said of certain methods of spelling words. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geom.) Possessing the property of homography. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. That method of spelling in which every sound is represented by a single character, which indicates that sound and no other. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geom.) A relation between two figures, such that to any point of the one corresponds one and but one point in the other, and vise versa. Thus, a tangent line rolling on a circle cuts two fixed tangents of the circle in two sets of points that are homographic. [ 1913 Webster ]