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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Analogous \A*nal"o*gous\, a. [L. analogous, Gr ? according to a due ratio, proportionate; ? + ? ratio, proportion. See {Logic}.] Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion; -- often followed by to Analogous tendencies in arts and manners. --De Quincey. Decay of public spirit, which may be considered analogous to natural death. --J. H. Newman. {nalogous pole} (Pyroelect.), that pole of a crystal which becomes positively electrified when heated. Syn: Correspondent; similar; like -- {A*nal"o gous*ly}, adv -- {A*nal"o*gous*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: analogous adj 1: similar or correspondent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar; "brains and computers are often considered analogous; "surimi is marketed as analogous to crabmeat" [syn: {correspondent}] 2: (biology) corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin; "the wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird are analogous [ant: {homologous}, {heterologous}]
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