Definition of analogy

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Analogy (n.) A relation or correspondence in function, between organs or parts which are decidedly different..

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Analogous :: Analogous (a.) Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion; -- often followed by to.
Analogy :: Analogy (n.) Proportion; equality of ratios.
Analogic :: Analogic (a.) Of or belonging to analogy.
Un- :: Un- (adv.) To past particles, or to adjectives formed after the analogy of past particles, to indicate the absence of the condition or state expressed by them.
Analogy :: Analogy (n.) A relation or correspondence in function, between organs or parts which are decidedly different..
Analogically :: Analogically (adv.) In an analogical sense; in accordance with analogy; by way of similitude.
Methylate :: Methylate (n.) An alcoholate of methyl alcohol in which the hydroxyl hydrogen is replaced by a metal, after the analogy of a hydrate; as, sodium methylate, CH3ONa..
Heterology :: Heterology (n.) The absence of correspondence, or relation, in type of structure; lack of analogy between parts, owing to their being composed of different elements, or of like elements in different proportions; variation in structure from the normal form; -- opposed to homology..
Analogical :: Analogical (a.) Founded on, or of the nature of, analogy; expressing or implying analogy..
Galley :: Galley (n.) A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars..
Analogist :: Analogist (n.) One who reasons from analogy, or represent, by analogy..
Analogize :: Analogize (v. i.) To employ, or reason by, analogy..
Salicylite :: Salicylite (n.) A compound of salicylal; -- named after the analogy of a salt.
Accommodate :: Accommodate (v. t.) To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.; as, to accommodate prophecy to events..
Analogical :: Analogical (a.) Having analogy; analogous.
Parity :: Parity (n.) The quality or condition of being equal or equivalent; A like state or degree; equality; close correspondence; analogy; as, parity of reasoning..
Sucre :: Sucrate (n.) A compound of sucrose (or of some related carbohydrate) with some base, after the analogy of a salt; as, sodium sucrate..
Portal :: Portal (n.) By analogy with the French portail, used by recent writers for the whole architectural composition which surrounds and includes the doorways and porches of a church..
Art :: Art () The second person singular, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive verb Be; but formed after the analogy of the plural are, with the ending -t, as in thou shalt, wilt, orig. an ending of the second person sing. pret. Cf. Be. Now used only in solemn or poetical style..
Accommodation :: Accommodation (n.) The application of a writer's language, on the ground of analogy, to something not originally referred to or intended..
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