Definitions for analogous
əˈnæl ə gəsanal·o·gous

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. analogous, correspondentadjective

   similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar

   "brains and computers are often considered analogous"; "salmon roe is marketed as analogous to caviar"

2. analogousadjective

   corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin

   "the wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird are analogous"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. analogousadjective

   Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion;often followed by "to".

2. Etymology: analogia, from + -ous. See logic.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Analogousadjective

   Etymology: ἀνά and λόγος.

   1. Having analogy; bearing some resemblance or proportion; having something parallel.

   Exercise makes things easy, that would be otherwise very hard; as, in labour, watchings, heats, and colds; and then there is something analogous in the exercise of the mind, to that of the body. It is folly and infirmity that makes us delicate and froward. Roger L'Estrange.

   Many important consequences may be drawn from the observation of the most common things, and analogous reasonings from the causes of them. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

   2. It has the word to before the thing to which the resemblance is noted.

   This incorporeal substance may have some sort of existence, analogous to corporeal extension: though we have no adequate conception hereof. John Locke.

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1. analogous

   Analogous refers to two or more things that are similar or comparable in certain aspects or features. This similarity often allows one entity to be used to explain, clarify or predict another entity. It can refer to things that are alike in function or relationship, despite being different in nature or type.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Analogousadjective

   having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion; -- often followed by to

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Analogous

   similar in function; but differing in origin and structure: e.g. the wings of birds and insects: see homologous.

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1. • Biology

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of analogous in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of analogous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of analogous in a Sentence

1. Tom Whitmeyer:

   We're really, really supersensitive to cryogenic launch vehicles that are the size and capability, that are very analogous to ballistic-type capabilities that other countries are very interested in, and what they're specifically looking for is timing sequence flow rates, temperatures, anything that would help them or other folks to potentially be used to help other people do similar things.

2. Mark Jones:

   It's analogous to a very tiny tail wagging a very massive dog, the anti-vax forces are a tiny group that holds an exceptionally minority position on the effectiveness of the vaccinations but are influencing public policy.

3. Professor Kenyon Wilson:

   It an academic trope that no one reads the syllabus, it's analogous to the terms and conditions when you're installing software, everyone clicks that they've read it when no one ever does.

4. Scott Applewhite -RRB- Feinstein:

   I was appalled as anyone by the tanks at [Tiananmen] Square, but three tanks of this government went into Waco, (Texas) and killed 29 children, they weren’t criminals. Most of the people in Waco had no criminal record. Now those are not analogous; they are different situations. It was wrong of our government, and it was wrong of the Chinese government.

5. Frank Lyko:

   What we see in slow motion with the marbled crayfish evolution is something that happens during the very early stages of tumour formation, in many ways, the invasive expansion of [the marbled crayfish] is analogous to a cancerous lineage spreading asexually at the expense of its host.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=analogous
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Analogous
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=analogous
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/analogous
6. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=analogous