Analogous Definition

ə-nălə-gəs
adjective
Similar or comparable in certain respects.
Webster's New World
Similar in function but not in origin and structure.
Webster's New World
Similar or alike in such a way as to permit the drawing of an analogy.
American Heritage Medicine
Similar in function but not in structure and evolutionary origin.
American Heritage Medicine

Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion;—often followed by "to".

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Origin of Analogous

  • From Latin analogus from Greek analogos proportionate ana- according to ana– logos proportion leg- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin analogia, from Ancient Greek αναλογία (analogía, “proportion”) + -ous. See logic.

    From Wiktionary

Analogous Sentence Examples

  • Analogous colors are easy on the eyes and make your projects beautiful.

  • Its constitutional origin was analogous to that of the star chamber and the court of requests.

  • The double cyanides of cobalt are analogous to those of iron.

  • An analogous contradiction can be found for relations.

  • But the movements of the body are not analogous to the movements of matter; they are caused by a special immaterial force, the soul.

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Words Starting With

AANANA

Words Ending With

SUSOUS

Unscrambles

analogous

Words Starting With A and Ending With S

Starts With A & Ends With SStarts With AN & Ends With SStarts With A & Ends With US

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With A9 Letter Words Ending With S