analogous

 
  Overview  of  adj  analogous 
 
  The  adj  analogous  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (12)  analogous,  correspondent  --  (similar  or  correspondent  in  some  respects  though  otherwise  dissimilar;  "brains  and  computers  are  often  considered  analogous";  "surimi  is  marketed  as  analogous  to  crabmeat") 
  2.  analogous  --  ((biology)  corresponding  in  function  but  not  in  evolutionary  origin;  "the  wings  of  a  bee  and  those  of  a  hummingbird  are  analogous") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  analogous 
 
  2  senses  of  analogous 
 
  Sense  1 
  analogous,  correspondent 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  similar)  ->  dissimilar 
 
  Sense  2 
  analogous  (vs.  homologous)  (vs.  heterologous) 
 
  homologous  (vs.  analogous)  (vs.  heterologous) 
  =>  homologic,  homological 
  heterologous  (vs.  analogous)  (vs.  homologous),  heterologic,  heterological 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  analogous 
 
  2  senses  of  analogous 
 
  Sense  1 
  analogous,  correspondent 
  =>  similar  (vs.  dissimilar) 
 
  Sense  2 
  analogous  (vs.  homologous)  (vs.  heterologous) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  analogous 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  analogous 
 
  analogous  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  analogous 
  analogous 
 
  Overview  of  adj  analogous 
 
  The  adj  analogous  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (12)  analogous,  correspondent  --  (similar  or  correspondent  in  some  respects  though  otherwise  dissimilar;  "brains  and  computers  are  often  considered  analogous";  "surimi  is  marketed  as  analogous  to  crabmeat") 
  2.  analogous  --  ((biology)  corresponding  in  function  but  not  in  evolutionary  origin;  "the  wings  of  a  bee  and  those  of  a  hummingbird  are  analogous") 

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