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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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