analogous
[uh-nal-uh-guhs]
adjective
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.
Origin of analogous
Synonyms for analogous
Antonyms for analogous
1. dissimilar.
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Related Words for analogously
fairly, equally, justly, squarely, precisely, equitably, proportionately, identically, likewise, approximately, similarly, alike, exactly, tied, commensurately, correspondingly, equivalently, fifty-fifty, impartially, symmetricallyExamples from the Web for analogously
Historical Examples of analogously
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
adjective
Word Origin for analogous
C17: from Latin analogus, from Greek analogos proportionate, from ana- + logos speech, ratio
usage
The use of with after analogous should be avoided: swimming has no event that is analogous to (not with) the 100 metres in athletics
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