About The Word Analogous
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Analogous
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What's The Definition Of Analogous?
[adj] (biology) corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin; "the wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird are analogous"
[adj] similar or correspondent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar; "brains and computers are often considered analogous"; "surimi is marketed as analogous to crabmeat" Synonyms | Synonyms for Analogous: correspondent | similar Related Terms | Find terms related to Analogous: akin | aligned | alike | analogical | answering | coequal | coextending | coextensive | collatable | collateral | commensurable | commensurate | comparable | comparative | complemental | complementary | concurrent | consonant | convertible | correlative | correspondent | corresponding | duplicate | equal | equidistant | equipollent | equispaced | equivalent | even | homologous | interchangeable | kindred | lined up | matchable | matching | much at one | nonconvergent | nondivergent | of a kind | of a piece | of a size | parallel | parallelepipedal | parallelinervate | paralleling | parallelodrome | parallelogrammatic | parallelogrammic | parallelotropic | reciprocal | reciprocative | relative | similar | tantamount | twin | undifferentiated | uniform See Also | Analogous In Webster's Dictionary \A*nal"o*gous\, a. [L. analogous, Gr. ? according to a
due ratio, proportionate; ? + ? ratio, proportion. See
{Logic}.]
Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some
resemblance or proportion; -- often followed by to.
Analogous tendencies in arts and manners. --De Quincey.
Decay of public spirit, which may be considered
analogous to natural death. --J. H.
Newman.
{nalogous pole} (Pyroelect.), that pole of a crystal which
becomes positively electrified when heated.
Syn: Correspondent; similar; like. -- {A*nal"o gous*ly}, adv.
-- {A*nal"o*gous*ness}, n.
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