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Parallel :: Parallel (n.) A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity; as, Johnson's parallel between Dryden and Pope..

Congeneracy :: Congeneracy (n.) Similarity of origin; affinity.

Nonresemblance :: Nonresemblance (n.) Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity.

Similitude :: Similitude (n.) The quality or state of being similar or like; resemblance; likeness; similarity; as, similitude of substance..

Consecutive :: Consecutive (a.) Having similarity of sequence; -- said of certain parallel progressions of two parts in a piece of harmony; as, consecutive fifths, or consecutive octaves, which are forbidden..

Symmetry :: Symmetry (n.) The law of likeness; similarity of structure; regularity in form and arrangement; orderly and similar distribution of parts, such that an animal may be divided into parts which are structurally symmetrical..

Parallelism :: Parallelism (n.) Resemblance; correspondence; similarity.

Dactyl :: Dactyl (n.) A poetical foot of three sylables (-- ~ ~), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L. tegm/n/, E. mer6ciful; -- so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger..

Unlikeness :: Unlikeness (n.) The quality or state of being unlike; want of resemblance; dissimilarity.

Sympetalous :: Sympathy (n.) Similarity of function, use office, or the like..

Use :: Use (v. i.) To be wont or accustomed; to be in the habit or practice; as, he used to ride daily; -- now disused in the present tense, perhaps because of the similarity in sound, between use to, and used to..

Isonomy :: Isonomy (n.) Equal law or right; equal distribution of rights and privileges; similarity.

Parallel :: Parallel (n.) Conformity continued through many particulars or in all essential points; resemblance; similarity.

Homomorphy :: Homomorphy (n.) Similarity of form; resemblance in external characters, while widely different in fundamental structure; resemblance in geometric ground form. See Homophyly, Promorphology..

Crane :: Crane (n.) A machine for raising and lowering heavy weights, and, while holding them suspended, transporting them through a limited lateral distance. In one form it consists of a projecting arm or jib of timber or iron, a rotating post or base, and the necessary tackle, windlass, etc.; -- so called from a fancied similarity between its arm and the neck of a crane See Illust. of Derrick..

Homology :: Homology (n.) The correspondence or resemblance of substances belonging to the same type or series; a similarity of composition varying by a small, regular difference, and usually attended by a regular variation in physical properties; as, there is an homology between methane, CH4, ethane, C2H6, propane, C3H8, etc., all members of the paraffin series. In an extended sense, the term is applied to the relation between chemical elements of the same group; as, chlorine, bromine, and iodine are said

Sameness :: Sameness (n.) The state of being the same; identity; absence of difference; near resemblance; correspondence; similarity; as, a sameness of person, of manner, of sound, of appearance, and the like..

Homogenetic :: Homogenetic (a.) Homogenous; -- applied to that class of homologies which arise from similarity of structure, and which are taken as evidences of common ancestry..

Similarity :: Similarity (n.) The quality or state of being similar; likeness; resemblance; as, a similarity of features..

Discrepancy :: Discrepancy (n.) The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement; variance; discordance; dissimilarity; contrariety.

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