similitude
Americannoun
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similitudes
plural
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likeness; resemblance.
a similitude of habits.
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a person or thing that is like or the match or counterpart of another.
This expression is a similitude of the other.
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semblance; image.
a similitude of the truth.
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a likening or comparison in the form of a simile, parable, or allegory.
He spoke by similitudes.
noun
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likeness; similarity
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a thing or sometimes a person that is like or the counterpart of another
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archaic a simile, allegory, or parable
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Etymology
Origin of similitude
1325–75; Middle English < Latin similitūdō likeness, equivalent to simili ( s ) similar + -tūdō -tude
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The Reynolds law of dynamic similarity or Reynolds similitude, states that if two fluids flow around similar structures with different length scales, they are hydrodynamically identical provided they exhibit the same Reynolds number.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 30, 2024
“Everyone says that we have a similitude with Guardiola’s teams and especially when he was the coach of Barça,” Bonmatí said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2023
“The similitude across such an immense scale is astonishing,” Dr. Galison said.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2022
I have a lot of similitude with the younger Celine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2022
To connect or form a relation between by similitude, resemblance, friendship, or love.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
But plenty of writers can conjure exciting similitudes.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 4, 2016
For I have with wondering eyes beheld a thousand forms and similitudes, of which I am not able to write.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its thought buried itself in similitudes and allusions.
From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Julia Ward Howe
Dear Mr. Witwoud, truce with your similitudes; for I am as sick of ’em— Witwoud.
From Dramatic Technique by George Pierce Baker
Dil’s similitudes were very limited, but Cinderella and the fairy godmother did come into her mind.
From In Wild Rose Time by Amanda M. Douglas
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