| 释义 |
analogy /ə-nalˈə-ji/ noun- An agreement or correspondence in certain respects between things otherwise different
- A resemblance of relations
- Parallelism
- Relation in general
- A likeness
- Proportion, or the equality of ratios (mathematics)
- Likeness in function but not in evolutionary origin, as distinguished from homology (biology)
- A resemblance by virtue of which a word may be altered on the model of another class of words, as strove, striven, remodelled upon drove, driven, throve, thriven, etc (philology)
ORIGIN: Gr analogiā, from ana according to, and logos ratio analogic /an-ə-lojˈik/ (rare) or analogˈical adjective analogˈically adverb analˈogist noun Someone who sees, follows, or uses analogies analˈogize or analˈogise transitive verb To explain or consider by analogy analˈogon /-gon/ noun (Greek) Analogue analˈogous /-gəs/ adjective - Having analogy
- Bearing some correspondence or resemblance
- Similar in certain circumstances or relations (with to)
- (of organs) similar in function but different in evolutionary origin (biology)
analˈogously adverb analˈogousness noun |