ANALOGY
\ɐnˈaləd͡ʒi], \ɐnˈalədʒi], \ɐ_n_ˈa_l_ə_dʒ_i]\
Definitions of ANALOGY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect; "the operation of a computer presents and interesting analogy to the working of the brain"; "the models show by analogy how matter is built up"
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the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; language can point in the right direction but any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate
By Princeton University
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drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect; "the operation of a computer presents and interesting analogy to the working of the brain"; "the models show by analogy how matter is built up"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A relation or correspondence in function, between organs or parts which are decidedly different.
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Proportion; equality of ratios.
By Oddity Software
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A relation or correspondence in function, between organs or parts which are decidedly different.
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Proportion; equality of ratios.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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An agreement or correspondence in certain respects between things otherwise different: relation in general: likeness.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Resemblance of relations; similarity without identity.
By James Champlin Fernald
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An agreement or likeness in certain respects between things which are otherwise entirely different; conformity of words to the structure or general rules of a language; similitude of ratios.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Resemblance between one thing and another in some points; similarity or likeness between things in their properties or qualities.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. An agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things themselves are different ;—equality, proportion, or similarity of ratios.
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Resemblance between things with regard to some circumstances or effects.
By Thomas Sheridan
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