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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Similar \Sim"i*lar\, a. [F. similaire fr L. similis like similar. See {Same}, a., and cf {Simulate}.] 1. Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects; precisely like 2. Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects; somewhat like having a general likeness. 3. Homogenous; uniform. [R.] --Boyle. {Similar figures} (Geom.), figures which differ from each other only in magnitude, being made up of the same number of like parts similarly situated. {Similar rectilineal figures}, such as have their several angles respectively equal, each to each and their sides about the equal angles proportional. {Similar solids}, such as are contained by the same number of similar planes, similarly situated, and having like inclination to one another. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Similar \Sim"i*lar\, n. That which is similar to or resembles, something else, as in quality, form etc From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: similar adj 1: marked by correspondence or resemblance; "similar food at similar prices"; "problems similar to mine"; "they wore similar coats" [ant: {dissimilar}] 2: having the same or similar characteristics; "all politicians are alike"; "they looked utterly alike"; "friends are generaly alike in background and taste" [syn: {alike(p)}, {like}] [ant: {unalike}] 3: resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination; "suits of like design"; "a limited circle of like minds"; "members of the cat family have like dispositions"; "as like as two peas in a pod"; "doglike devotion"; "a dreamlike quality" [syn: {like}] [ant: {unlike}] 4: (of words) expressing closely related meanings 5: capable of replacing or changing places with something else; "interchangeable parts" [syn: {exchangeable}, {interchangeable}, {standardized}]
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