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. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly In Politics, authority ( Latin Auctoritas, used in Roman law as opposed to Potestas and Imperium This may be a court of law, a government department, or an academic or professional body, any of which would normally work from a set of strict rules or standards to determine whether such approval should be given. The word may be considered very roughly synonymous with accreditation, and in fact in French may be used with regard to academic degrees (see apostille). A degree is any of a wide range of status levels conferred by institutions of Higher education, such as universities, normally as the result of successfully completing Certified is another possible synonym, while to homologate is the infinitive verb form. In Grammar, infinitive is the name for certain verb forms that exist in many languages For English usage of verbs see the wiki article English verbs.

In today's marketplace, for instance, products must often be homologated by some public agency to assure that they meet standards for such things as safety and environmental impact. A court action may also sometimes be homologated by a judicial authority before it can proceed, and the term has a precise legal meaning in the judicial codes of some countries.

The word is used within the European Union in those papers that are direct translations from French to refer to the processes of making trade standards and laws consistent throughout the whole of the union. The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in British journalists usually prefer to use the word harmonisation for this purpose.

Another usage pertains to the biological sciences, where it may describe the similarities used to assign organisms to the same family or taxon, similarities they have jointly inherited from a common ancestor. Foundations of modern biology There are five unifying principles A taxon (plural taxa) or taxonomic unit, is a name designating an organism or a group of Organisms In Biological nomenclature according to Similarly, Homologation is widely used in technical areas, such as communications, when products and/or processes have to be certified against the corresponding telecom standard, internal normative, etc.

Sport

Perhaps the closest this word comes to everyday usage is in reference to racing vehicles. Many motorsports fans know that a vehicle must be homologated by the sanctioning body in order to race in a given league, such as NASCAR or sportscar racing. Auto racing (also known as automobile racing, motor racing or car racing) is a Motorsport involving Racing Cars It The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing ( NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of Stock cars in the United States. Sports car racing is a form of circuit Auto racing with Automobiles that have two seats and enclosed wheels The names of the Ferrari 250 GTO and its namesakes, the Pontiac GTO and Mitsubishi GTO, preserve this sense of the word, as the initials stand for "Gran Turismo Omologato," the Italian for "Grand Touring, Homologated. Design and development The 250 GTO was designed to compete in GT racing. The Pontiac GTO was an Automobile built by Pontiac from 1964 to 1974 and by General Motors Holden in Australia from 2004 to The Mitsubishi GTO is a sports grand tourer built by Japanese Automaker Mitsubishi Motors between 1990 and 2001 although in most export markets it "

Many sportscars are released to the general public for racing homologation purposes. A sports car is a term used to describe a class of Automobile. Most motorsport events using street-based cars require that the manufacturer release a minimum number of public street models. This is usually to ensure that a manufacturer doesn't design a vehicle purely for racing, in an event designed to portray street vehicles. Examples of this are the BMW M3 GTR, Ferrari 288 GTO, and the Nissan Skyline GT-R 'N1 models'. The BMW M3 is a high performance BMW M GmbH version of the popular BMW 3-Series compact Automobile. The Ferrari GTO (often referred to as Ferrari 288 GTO) was an exotic Homologation (thus the O for Omologazione) version of the Ferrari 308 GTB This article is for the Nissan sports coupe produced from 1969 to 2002

The same is true of most motorcycle racing series, including such premier classes as AMA Superbike Championship and the FIM Superbike World Championship. The AMA Superbike is the premiere Superbike racing series in the United States. The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM International Motorcycling Federation) is the governing body of motorcycle racing History The Superbike World Championship began in, being open to modified versions of road bike models available to the public

The term is also applicable in the Olympic Games in venue certifications prior to the Olympics. The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games A recent issue was raised at Cesana Pariol, the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track used for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, over its safety in luge. Cesana Pariol was the venue for Bobsled, Luge and skeleton during the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Bobsleigh, bobsled or bobsledge is a Winter sport invented by Englishmen in the late 1860s in which teams make timed runs down narrow twisting banked A luge is a small one- or two-person Sled on which one sleds supine (face up and feet-first Skeleton is a Winter sport in which competitors aim to drive a one-person Sled in a prone head-first position down an ice track in the fastest time The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, were a Winter Multi-sport event which was celebrated in This delayed homologation of the track from January 2005 to October 2005 in order for the track to achieve safe runs during luge competitions. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

See also

• Qualification and professional certification
• European professional qualification directives
• NARIC
• Standardization
• Homologation reactions that extend an alkyl chain by one methylene (-CH₂-) unit

External links

Homologation Laboratories

• Rhein Tech

Academic homologation

• Education, recognition of diplomas and NARICin the European Union. Overview Certifications are earned from a Professional society and in general must be renewed periodically or may be valid for a specific period of time (e There are two main European legal instruments covering the mutual recognition of professional qualifications: Directive 89/48/EEC and Directive 92/51/EEC. All EU and EEA states and all the associated countries in Central and Eastern Europe and Cyprus have a designated National Academic Recognition Information Centre ( NARIC) which Standardization (or standardisation) is the process of developing and agreeing upon technical standards. A homologation reaction, also known as homologization, is any Chemical reaction that effects an overall increase of the carbon skeleton of a saturated reactant molecule The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in
• Academic homologation in Spain.
• Homologation of an European Union medical degree in Switzerland .
• Dictionary.
• Academic homologation in French

Other Uses

• Water Skiing competition

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