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Analogous
Analogous A*nal"o*gous, a. [L. analogous, Gr. ? according to a due ratio, proportionate; ? + ? ratio, proportion. See Logic.] Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion; -- often followed by to. Analogous tendencies in arts and manners. --De Quincey. Decay of public spirit, which may be considered analogous to natural death. --J. H. Newman. nalogous pole (Pyroelect.), that pole of a crystal which becomes positively electrified when heated. Syn: Correspondent; similar; like. -- A*nal"o gous*ly, adv. -- A*nal"o*gous*ness, n.

Meaning of analogous from wikipedia

- a wider notion of analogy. They saw analogy as a shared abstraction. Analogous objects did not share necessarily a relation, but also an idea, a pattern...
- analogous colors are groups of colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. Red, orange, and red-orange are examples. The term analogous refers...
- of different periods or epochs in time. Convergent evolution creates analogous structures that have similar form or function but were not present in...
- Writer J. K. Rowling cites several writers as influences in her creation of her bestselling Harry Potter series. Writers, journalists and critics have...
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- of complementary colors, split-complementary colors, color triads, or analogous colors. Color harmony has been a topic of extensive study throughout history...
- approach. A still further and more indirect experimental approach is to find analogous refraction geometries. This approach employs the fact that in some cases...
- with historical ties to England where the office originated. There is an analogous, although independently developed, office in Iceland, the sýslumaður,...
- positive (or false negative) error. In statistical hypothesis testing, the analogous concepts are known as type I and type II errors, where a positive result...
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