analogous

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Though not strictly analogous, the term conveys an idea of the relations that have hitherto obtained between Eastern and Western civilizations.

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  1. adjective Similar or alike in such a way as to permit the drawing of an analogy.
  2. adjective Biology Similar in function but not in structure and evolutionary origin.

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  • Such a condition would imply that we occupy a unique position in the universe, analogous, in a sense, to the ancient conception of a central earth. —  CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
  • Pontifus: how analogous is the phenomenological idea of the author consciousness dispossessing the reader to discourse? —  Anime Nano!
  • Their current study was aimed at constructing analogous, full-thickness oral substitutes in a similar manner to their skin substitute while maintaining the needed characteristics for successful oral transplantation. —  PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
  • Congress has considered but not yet enacted legislation establishing this "optional federal charter" system, analogous (although not identical) to the regulatory system that has long governed the U.S. banking industry. —  Brookings: Latest From Brookings
  • They believed that human souls are trapped in an endless cycle of rebirth - analogous to the Buddhist idea of Samsara - but that we can be freed from this cycle through spiritual practice and purification. —  Side-Line news feed
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  1. From Latin analogus, from Greek analogos, proportionate : ana-, according to; see ana- + logos, proportion; see leg- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin analogus, from Greek ἀνάλογος, according to a due λόγος or ratio, proportionate, conformable, analogous, from ἀνά, throughout, according to (see ana-), + λόγος, ratio, proportion: see logos and logic.
 

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