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analogous

[uh-nal-uh-guh s]
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adjective
  1. having analogy; corresponding in some particular: A brain and a computer are analogous.
  2. 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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Origin of analogous

1640–50; < Latin analogus < Greek análogos proportionate, equivalent to ana- ana- + lóg(os) ratio + -os adj. suffix; see -ous
Related formsa·nal·o·gous·ly, adverba·nal·o·gous·ness, nounnon·a·nal·o·gous, adjectivenon·a·nal·o·gous·ly, adverbnon·a·nal·o·gous·ness, nounun·a·nal·o·gous, adjectiveun·a·nal·o·gous·ly, adverbun·a·nal·o·gous·ness, noun
Can be confusedanalogous analogical

Synonyms

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1. similar, alike, like, comparable, akin.

Antonyms

1. dissimilar.
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Examples from the Web for analogously

Historical Examples

  • Analogously, it is sought by metageometricians to prove in like manner the possibility of rotation about a plane.

    The Mystery of Space

    Robert T. Browne

  • Analogously the accent was marked by the Greeks in learned and model editions only.

  • Analogously, he who is born good and instinctively does good deeds, deriving pleasure from them, deserves no praise.

    Pedagogical Anthropology

    Maria Montessori

  • Analogously the sentence 'there the king is going' implicitly means that the king together with his retinue is going there.

  • Analogously he may be spoken of, in the passage under discussion, as having a beard bright as gold and so on.

British Dictionary definitions for analogously

analogous

adjective
  1. similar or corresponding in some respect
  2. 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)
  3. linguistics formed by analogyan analogous plural
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Derived Formsanalogously, adverbanalogousness, noun

Word Origin

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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Word Origin and History for analogously

analogous

adj.

1640s, from Latin analogus, from Greek analogos "proportionate, according to due proportion" (see analogy).

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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
analogously in Medicine

analogous

(ə-năl′ə-gəs)
adj.
  1. Similar in function but not in structure and evolutionary origin.
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analogously in Science

analogous

[ə-năl′ə-gəs]
  1. Similar in function but having different evolutionary origins, as the wings of a butterfly and the wings of a bird.
  2. Similar in chemical properties and differing in chemical structure only with respect to one element or group.
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