Definition of Analogy. Meaning of Analogy. Synonyms of Analogy

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Analogy. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Analogy and, of course, Analogy synonyms and on the right images related to the word Analogy.

Definition of Analogy

Analogy
Analogy A*nal"o*gy, n.; pl. Analogies. [L. analogia, Gr. ?, fr. ?: cf. F. analogie. See Analogous.] 1. A resemblance of relations; an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things are otherwise entirely different. Thus, learning enlightens the mind, because it is to the mind what light is to the eye, enabling it to discover things before hidden. Note: Followed by between, to, or with; as, there is an analogy between these objects, or one thing has an analogy to or with another. Note: Analogy is very commonly used to denote similarity or essential resemblance; but its specific meaning is a similarity of relations, and in this consists the difference between the argument from example and that from analogy. In the former, we argue from the mere similarity of two things; in the latter, from the similarity of their relations. --Karslake. 2. (Biol.) A relation or correspondence in function, between organs or parts which are decidedly different. 3. (Geom.) Proportion; equality of ratios. 4. (Gram.) Conformity of words to the genius, structure, or general rules of a language; similarity of origin, inflection, or principle of pronunciation, and the like, as opposed to anomaly. --Johnson.

Meaning of Analogy from wikipedia

- Analogy is a comparison or correspondence between two things (or two groups of things) because of a third element that they are considered to share. In...
- Electronic-hydraulic analogies are the representation of electronic circuits by hydraulic circuits. Since electric current is invisible and the processes...
- Argument from analogy is a special type of inductive argument, where perceived similarities are used as a basis to infer some further similarity that...
- Look up analogy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Analogy is a cognitive process of transferring information or meaning from a particular subject to...
- by the latter. The allegory is presented after the analogy of the Sun (508b–509c) and the analogy of the divided line (509d–511e). In the allegory, Plato...
- The microcosm–macrocosm analogy (or, equivalently, macrocosm–microcosm analogy) refers to a historical view which posited a structural similarity between...
- Analogy in law is a method of resolving issues on which there is no previous authority by using argument from analogy. Analogy in general involves an inference...
- watchmaker analogy or watchmaker argument is a teleological argument, an argument for the existence of God. In broad terms, the watchmaker analogy states...
- Nikwax Analogy is a two-component fabric system for weatherproof clothing based on "biomimicry" of fur (the system was originally called "Nikwax Biological...
- the same view. Since then, a number of sources have used the apartheid analogy. In the early 1970s, Arabic language magazines of the Palestine Liberation...