analogical
adjective
based on, involving, or expressing an analogy.
analogic
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a variation of
analogical.
Example Sentences
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To give a model in an explcit manner means to describe the elements and the relationship between the elements, but this takes us outside the analogic model.
From The Brain, A Decoded Enigma by Dorin Teodor Moisa
The civilized philosopher classifies by essential affinitives—homologic characteristics—and the progress of philosophy is marked by changes from analogic categories to homologic categories.
From Sketch of the Mythology of the North American Indians First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 17-56 by John Wesley Powell
This consisted of geographical notices, an account of Indian means of subsistence, the ancient semi-civilization of the Northwest, Indian philology, and analogic comparisons with the Chinese and Polynesian languages.
From Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII by John Austin Stevens
This class of investigation, in its ample scope for original research and the ascertainment of principles by analysis and analogic expression, was peculiarly agreeable to Mr. Gallatin.
From Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII by John Austin Stevens
Clearly, it is possible to build analogic models, which can be tested experimentally.
From The Brain, A Decoded Enigma by Dorin Teodor Moisa
