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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024a•nal•o•gous /əˈnæləgəs/USA pronunciation adj. - having similar characteristics:The human brain is analogous to a computer.
a•nal•o•gous•ly, adv. a•nal•o•gous•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024a•nal•o•gous (ə nal′ə gəs),USA pronunciation adj. - having analogy;
corresponding in some particular:A brain and a computer are analogous. - Biologycorresponding in function, but not evolved from corresponding organs, as the wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird.
- Greek análogos proportionate, equivalent. to ana- ana- + lóg(os) ratio + -os adjective, adjectival suffix; see -ous
- Latin analogus
- 1640–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged similar, alike, like, comparable, akin.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dissimilar.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: analogous /əˈnæləɡəs/ adj - similar or corresponding in some respect
- (of organs and parts) having the same function but different evolutionary origin
- formed by analogy: an analogous plural
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin analogus, from Greek analogos proportionate, from ana- + logos speech, ratioUSAGE
The use of with after analogous should be avoided: swimming has no event that is analogous to (not with) the 100 metres in athletics |