comparable

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Triangular ornaments at the end of single horizontal strokes called uroko (鱗, literally "fish scales") in Japanese, comparable to serifs

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  1. adjective Admitting of comparison with another or others: "The satellite revolution is comparable to Gutenberg's invention of movable type” (Irvin Molotsky).
  2. adjective Similar or equivalent: pianists of comparable ability.

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  • Triangular ornaments at the end of single horizontal strokes called uroko (鱗, literally "fish scales") in Japanese, comparable to serifs —  MSDN Blogs
  • That being said I think the boys are both very flawed and quite comparable, which is why I don't understand the fierce hatred for one, and the blind adoration for the other. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • Because of one-time charges in each of the three periods I've mentioned, operating income is not always comparable which is why we continue to report adjusted EBITDA each quarter. —  Internet Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha
  • But I have heard three competing definitions of 'comparable'-one is a price point for rental, another that says it has to be of similar size with the same safety features and the guy at the car rental place who says that a 3-series is comparable. —  Boi From Troy
  • For example in evaluating the iMac versus the Dell, he equated the 2 machines as being "comparable" - in spite of the Mac being 33\% faster! —  Jason Burns' Blog
 

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  1. = F. Spanish comarable = Portuguese comparavel = Italian comparabile, from Latin comparabilis, from comparare, compare: see compare, v.
 

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