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Average :: Average (n.) Any medial estimate or general statement derived from a comparison of diverse specific cases; a medium or usual size, quantity, quality, rate, etc..

Estimate :: Estimate (v. t.) To from an opinion of, as to amount,, number, etc., from imperfect data, comparison, or experience; to make an estimate of; to calculate roughly; to rate; as, to estimate the cost of a trip, the number of feet in a piece of land..

Low :: Low (superl.) Not elevated or sublime; not exalted or diction; as, a low comparison..

Contrast :: Contrast (n.) The act of contrasting, or the state of being contrasted; comparison by contrariety of qualities..

So :: So (adv.) In like manner or degree; in the same way; thus; for like reason; whith equal reason; -- used correlatively, following as, to denote comparison or resemblance; sometimes, also, following inasmuch as..

Comparable :: Comparable (a.) Capable of being compared; worthy of comparison.

Ratiocinative :: Ratiocinative (a.) Characterized by, or addicted to, ratiocination; consisting in the comparison of propositions or facts, and the deduction of inferences from the comparison; argumentative; as, a ratiocinative process..

Imparity :: Imparity (n.) Lack of comparison, correspondence, or suitableness; incongruity..

Judgment :: "Judgment (v. i.) That act of the mind by which two notions or ideas which are apprehended as distinct are compared for the purpose of ascertaining their agreement or disagreement. See 1. The comparison may be threefold: (1) Of individual objects forming a concept. (2) Of concepts giving what is technically called a judgment. (3) Of two judgments giving an inference. Judgments have been further classed as analytic, synthetic, and identical..

Positivism :: Positivism (n.) A system of philosophy originated by M. Auguste Comte, which deals only with positives. It excludes from philosophy everything but the natural phenomena or properties of knowable things, together with their invariable relations of coexistence and succession, as occurring in time and space. Such relations are denominated laws, which are to be discovered by observation, experiment, and comparison. This philosophy holds all inquiry into causes, both efficient and final, to be useles

Plate :: Plate (n.) A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in comparison with the other dimensions; a thick sheet of metal; as, a steel plate..

Parabole :: Parabole (n.) Similitude; comparison.

Low :: Low (superl.) Occupying an inferior position or place; not high or elevated; depressed in comparison with something else; as, low ground; a low flight..

Equate :: Equate (v. t.) To make equal; to reduce to an average; to make such an allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common standard of comparison; to reduce to mean time or motion; as, to equate payments; to equate lines of railroad for grades or curves; equated distances..

Paragon :: Paragon (v. i.) To be equal; to hold comparison.

Inflection :: Inflection (n.) The variation or change which words undergo to mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person, mood, voice, etc..

Intercomparison :: Intercomparison (n.) Mutual comparison of corresponding parts.

Illustration :: Illustration (n.) That which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity..

Kinematics :: Kinematics (n.) The science which treats of motions considered in themselves, or apart from their causes; the comparison and relation of motions..

Clod :: Clod (n.) That which is earthy and of little relative value, as the body of man in comparison with the soul..

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