Definition of analogous

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Analogous (a.) Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion; -- often followed by to.

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Precedent :: Precedent (n.) A judicial decision which serves as a rule for future determinations in similar or analogous cases; an authority to be followed in courts of justice; forms of proceeding to be followed in similar cases.
Iodal :: Iodal (n.) An oily liquid, Cl3.CHO, analogous to chloral and bromal..
Sulphydric :: Sulphydrate (n.) A compound, analogous to a hydrate, regarded as a salt of sulphydric acid, or as a derivative of hydrogen sulphide in which one half of the hydrogen is replaced by a base (as potassium sulphydrate, KSH), or as a hydrate in which the oxygen has been wholly or partially replaced by sulphur..
Bloom :: Bloom (n.) A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms; as, the bloom of youth..
Succinyl :: Succinuric (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid amide, analogous to succinamic acid, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance by heating urea with succinic anhydride. It is known also in its salts..
Zymosis :: Zymosis (n.) A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed..
Oospere :: Oospere (n.) An analogous mass of protoplasm in the ovule of a flowering plant; an embryonic vesicle.
Cuminil :: Cuminil (n .) A substance, analogous to benzil, obtained from oil of caraway..
Isologous :: Isologous (a.) Having similar proportions, similar relations, or similar differences of composition; -- said specifically of groups or series which differ by a constant difference; as, ethane, ethylene, and acetylene, or their analogous compounds, form an isologous series..
Tellurium :: Tellurium (n.) A rare nonmetallic element, analogous to sulphur and selenium, occasionally found native as a substance of a silver-white metallic luster, but usually combined with metals, as with gold and silver in the mineral sylvanite, with mercury in Coloradoite, etc. Symbol Te. Atomic weight 125.2..
Triethylamine :: Triethylamine (n.) A tertiary amine analogous to trimethylamine.
Tap :: Tap (v. t.) Hence, to draw from (anything) in any analogous way; as, to tap telegraph wires for the purpose of intercepting information; to tap the treasury..
Thiosulphuric :: Thiosulphuric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an unstable acid, H2S2O3, analogous to sulphuric acid, and formerly called hyposulphurous acid..
Isopathy :: Isopathy (n.) The theory of curing a diseased organ by eating the analogous organ of a healthy animal.
Persulphocyanic :: Persulphocyanic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a yellow crystalline substance (called also perthiocyanic acid), analogous to sulphocyanic acid, but containing more sulphur..
Trimethylene :: Trimethylene (n.) A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H6, isomeric with propylene and obtained from it indirectly. It is the base of a series of compounds analogous to the aromatic hydrocarbons..
Viscosity :: Viscosity (n.) A quality analogous to that of a viscous fluid, supposed to be caused by internal friction, especially in the case of gases..
Antilogous :: Antilogous (a.) Of the contrary name or character; -- opposed to analogous.
Naphthol :: Naphthol (n.) Any one of a series of hydroxyl derivatives of naphthalene, analogous to phenol. In general they are crystalline substances with a phenol (carbolic) odor..
Thymate :: Thymate (n.) A compound of thymol analogous to a salt; as, sodium thymate..
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