analogy test

American  

noun

1. a reasoning test in which the subject is required to supply the missing term in a relationship of the form “A is to B as Y is to ^^^.”

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Example Sentences

The technique, known as forensic investigative genetic genealogy, incorporates public genealogy websites with DNA analysis.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

But by the time he found his donor, through relatives on two genealogy websites, the man had died — another revelation that shattered him, he says.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2023

She scoured genealogy websites and found a death record naming Northern State Hospital in Sedro-Woolley, a small farming town at the base of the Cascade Mountains.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 16, 2023

This conversation happened long before the advent of consumer-friendly DNA testing kits and genealogy websites.

From Salon • Feb. 26, 2023

This week, a law in Maryland went into effect limiting law enforcement’s use of genealogy websites to serious violent crimes.

From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2021