analogous
- having analogy; corresponding in some particular: A brain and a computer are analogous.
- Biology. corresponding in function, but not evolved from corresponding organs, as the wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird.
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fairly, equally, justly, squarely, precisely, equitably, proportionately, identically, likewise, approximately, similarly, analogously, alike, exactly, tied, commensurately, correspondingly, equivalently, fifty-fifty, impartiallyExamples from the Web for analogously
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Analogously, it is sought by metageometricians to prove in like manner the possibility of rotation about a plane.
The Mystery of SpaceRobert T. Browne
Analogously the accent was marked by the Greeks in learned and model editions only.
A History of Sanskrit LiteratureArthur A. MacDonell
Analogously, he who is born good and instinctively does good deeds, deriving pleasure from them, deserves no praise.
Pedagogical AnthropologyMaria Montessori
Analogously the sentence 'there the king is going' implicitly means that the king together with his retinue is going there.
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by SankaracaryaTranslator: George Thibaut
Analogously he may be spoken of, in the passage under discussion, as having a beard bright as gold and so on.
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by SankaracaryaTranslator: George Thibaut
analogous
- similar or corresponding in some respect
- biology (of organs and parts) having the same function but different evolutionary originthe paddle of a whale and the fin of a fish are analogous Compare homologous (def. 4)
- linguistics formed by analogyan analogous plural
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Word Origin and History for analogously
analogous
1640s, from Latin analogus, from Greek analogos "proportionate, according to due proportion" (see analogy).
analogous
(ə-năl′ə-gəs)- Similar in function but not in structure and evolutionary origin.
analogous
- Similar in function but having different evolutionary origins, as the wings of a butterfly and the wings of a bird.
- Similar in chemical properties and differing in chemical structure only with respect to one element or group.