what is a decree of homologation?

[ChrisGreaves]

My 1,700-page Canadian Oxford is no help.
A Google search offered very little in the way of clues, less in the way of definition.
I know that the combined authority of Eileen's lounge outweighs me, a dictionary and a web search engine all rolled together.

So, please and thank you, anyone know what a decree of homologation is all about?

Here it is in context of a Canadian News Wire press release.

[StuartR]

Does this wikipedia article help?

[jonwallace]

There are a variety of pages with "decree of homologation" in them, (a lot of them refer to the episode in your linked article). But that fount of all knowledge, wikipedia, says

Homologation is a technical term, derived from the Greek homologeo (ὁμολογέω) for "to agree", which is generally used in English to signify the granting of approval by an official authority

Actually a lot of the articles I found seem to be Spanish-speaking related, stuff about indigenous tribes in South America, Mexico etc

Not sure if that actually helps though...

Edited to say -- woops, a simulpost...

[Bigaldoc]

I don't know if a Canadian is willing to use it, but I use Merriam-Webster Online (an Encyclopædia Britannica Company) and it confirms Stuart's link.

[ChrisGreaves]

Does this wikipedia article help?

More than you know, and thanks Stuart!
Apart from my being able now to drop "to homologate⁽¹⁾" into my rare conversations with other people, the last paragraph gave me a clue as to my spark of interest. I bet that either Richard Dawkins or Steven Pinker have used the term in at least one of their books. It's probably a week neuron or synapse of mine that was firing just enough to tickle my interest when I read the press release.

⁽¹⁾ and yes, I've added it to the Firefox dictionary ...

[ChrisGreaves]

Actually a lot of the articles I found seem to be Spanish-speaking related, ...

Thnaks Jon. I noted the preponderance of spanush articles too.

There's a PhD thesis in there waiting for someone ...

[ChrisGreaves]

I don't know if a Canadian is willing to use it,

Thanks Al. Not only a Canadian, but a Britisher AND an Aussie.
In fact they are so enamored of Merriam-Webster that they have previously homologated it into one of their utility toolbars!

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[John Gray]

And there was me thinking that "homologate" was a successor to "Watergate"...
(from Greek homologein 'confess')

[Bigaldoc]

I don't know if a Canadian is willing to use it,

Thanks Al. Not only a Canadian, but a Britisher AND an Aussie.
In fact they are so enamored of Merriam-Webster that they have previously homologated it into one of their utility toolbars!

Thanks for a smile for the day, Chris!

[Cellmate]

My 1,700-page Canadian Oxford is no help.
A Google search offered very little in the way of clues, less in the way of definition.
I know that the combined authority of Eileen's lounge outweighs me, a dictionary and a web search engine all rolled together.

So, please and thank you, anyone know what a decree of homologation is all about?

Here it is in context of a Canadian News Wire press release.

Chris,

You need to know the secret code. in the Google searchbox enter- Define: homologation
and enter.

I got lots of hits, lists of defenitions with links to their source etc.

Cellmate

[Jezza]

My 1,700-page Canadian Oxford is no help.
A Google search offered very little in the way of clues, less in the way of definition.
I know that the combined authority of Eileen's lounge outweighs me, a dictionary and a web search engine all rolled together.

So, please and thank you, anyone know what a decree of homologation is all about?

Here it is in context of a Canadian News Wire press release.

Late to the party but when I first saw this word the two distinct root words that came out were:

Homo- Being of the Same
Logos - word (Greek)

The two together being literally The Same word or agreement

So then want to see that saying an approval/agreement, it seems I was vaguely in the right direction.

[viking33]

See my latest sig line.

[ChrisGreaves]

it seems I was vaguely in the right direction.

:notsoclever: For a long-distance runner oughtn't you have stretched for "homolocation"?