analogous

analogy | American Dictionary

analogy
noun[ C/U ]
us/əˈnæl·ə·dʒi/
literature
a comparison of the features or qualities of two different things to show their similarities:
[ C ]He was explaining that the mind has no form and is invisible, and that a useful analogy is of the mind being like the sky.

analogous

adjectiveus/əˈnæl·ə·ɡəs/
The stock market recorded a 0.4% annual increase that was roughly analogous to results in the late 1960s.

Examples of analogy

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Despite this, there are striking analogies between the philosophical responses to the problem of underdetermination in the two contexts.
The analogy to medicine is telling here, as well.
A formal analogy is thereby built between them.
The problem domain is typically called the target of the analogy.
Ideally, in analogy with the explosion case, the external pressure should be reasonably close to the crushing pressure of the glass sphere.
To address the above difficulties, our method of compositional analogy performs analogy at multiple levels of abstraction.
The forces of analogy, where one area of usage influences another to become more like it, are working in several different directions.
The type of analogies used by experts was significantly different from the type used by novices.
This analogy suggests that there are two possibilities to consider for (1).
In order, therefore, to find an analogy, we must have recourse to the mistenveloped regions of the religious world.
They did not find strong evidence for early use of analogies either in spelling or in reading.
It is very much connected to shapes, structures and analogies found in the earthly environment.
The analogy is not a close one but it might still have something to tell us about the evolution of real life.
That is, the analogy we are asked to draw here - between adding evolution and dropping metabolism - is too weak to be persuasive.
However, the book is reasonably affordable and provides a general enough background on analogy to make it a worthwhile addition to any bookshelf.
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