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  1. noun Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
  2. noun A comparison based on such similarity. See Synonyms at likeness.
  3. noun Biology Correspondence in function or position between organs of dissimilar evolutionary origin or structure.
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  • Before you all jump down my throat, I know this analogy is an oversimplification.
  • The best candidate to be the Mozilla of this analogy is the powerful open-source XBMC project that has gathered quite a following among geeks since it started in 2002.
  • Evidently by its minuteness, it differs from all sensible objects, still this analogy is applicable to it; in a word, we establish by this comparison, that the atom really has some extent, but we exclude all considerable dimensions, for the sake of only investing it with the smallest proportions. —  The Life of Epicurus
  • In my opinion, the analogy was absolutely perfect for the situation. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • This analogy is absurd and inappropriate for two principal reasons. —  Slugger O'Toole
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  1. Middle English analogie, from Old French, from Latin analogia, from Greek analogiā, from analogos, proportionate; see analogous.

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  1. from French analogie, from Latin analogia, from Greek ἀναλογία, equality of ratios, proportion, analogy, from ἀνάλογος, analogous: see analogous.
 

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