Look up: Analogy

1. analogy
   [n] - an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others 2. [n] - drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
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2. Analogy
   a parallel case with one or more points of resemblance. This is often used by writers to help the reader to understand a complex or abstract point
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3. Analogy
   perception of similarity between two things; relating something known to something new; in spelling, using known spellings to spell unknown words: night-knight-right-sight-light-fright; in reading, using knowledge of words to attempt previously unseen words. Emphasis on analogy encourages learners ...
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4. Analogy
   A·nal'o·gy noun ; plural Analogies [ Latin analogia , Greek ..., from ...: confer French analogie . See Analogous .] 1. A resemblance of relations; an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstanc...
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5. analogy
   <biology> Two anatomical structures or behavioural traits within different and unrelated organisms which perform the same functions in each organism but which did not originate from an ancestral structure or trait that the organisms' ancestors had in common. ... Instead, the structures or trai...
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6. analogy
   noun an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others
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7. analogy
   noun drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect; `the operation of a computer presents and interesting analogy to the working of the brain`; `the models show by analogy how matter is built up`
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8. analogy
   (ә-nal´ә-je) the quality of being analogous; resemblance or similarity in function or appearance, but not in origin or development.
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9. Analogy
   • (n.) Conformity of words to the genius, structure, or general rules of a language; similarity of origin, inflection, or principle of pronunciation, and the like, as opposed to anomaly. • (n.) A relation or correspondence in function, between organs or parts which are decidedly different....
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10. analogy
    (from Greek ana logon, `according to a ratio`), originally, a similarity in proportional relationships. It may be a similarity between two figures ... [12 related articles]
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11. analogy
    in biology, similarity of function and superficial resemblance of structures that have different origins. For example, the wings of a fly, a moth, ... [4 related articles]
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12. Analogy
    Analogy is the mode of reasoning from resemblance to resemblance. When we find on attentive examination resemblances in objects apparently diverse, and in which at first no such resemblances were discovered, a presumption arises that other resemblances may be found by further examination in these or...
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13. analogy
    A comparison is made between two things in order to stress their similarities.
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14. analogy
    analogy, in biology, the similarities in function, but differences in evolutionary origin, of body structures in different organisms. For example, the wing of a bird is analogous to the wing of an insect, since both are used for flight. However, there is no common ancestral origin in the evolution o...
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15. Analogy
    (in Scholasticism) Predication common to several inferiors of a name, which is accepted in different senses, in such a manner, nevertheless, that some principle warrants its common applicability. Accordingly as this principle is sought in the relations of cause and effect, proportion or proportional...
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16. Analogy
    Originally a mathematical term, Analogia, meaning equality of ratios (Euclid VII Df. 20, V. Dfs. 5, 6), which entered Plato's philosophy (Republic 534a6), where it also expressed the epistemological doctrine that sensed things are related as their mathematical and ideal correlates. In modern usage a...
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17. analogy
    Comparison of two different things, usually made to illustrate or explain complex or unfamiliar ideas. An analogy illustrates the similarity between two different things, for example making an analogy between a person's face and a mask suggests that the face seems artificial or hides something. An analogy does not have to hold true in all sense...
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18. Analogy
    `Analogy` (from Greek "ἀναλογία" – analogia, "proportion") is a cognitive process of transferring information or meaning from a particular subject (the analogue or source) to another particular subject (the target), and a linguistic expres...
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19. Analogy
    (biology) (1), bats (2) and birds (3) are analogous: They look alike and fill the same functions, but have evolved separately. An `analogy` is a trait or an organ that appears similar in two unrelated organisms. The cladistic term for the same phenomenon is `Homoplasy`, from Greek for same...
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20. Analogy
    (band) `Analogy` was a German and Italian psychedelic rock, progressive rock band, active in the 1970s. The band was launched by the guitarist Martin Thurn when attending the European School, Varese. In 1968, Thurn founded a band called Sons of Glove. Other members were Wolfgang Schoene, Thom...
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21. Analogy
    (album) `Analogy` is the first studio album by the band Analogy. The album was reissued in 2004 on Akarma Records. Track listing: All tracks were written by Analogy. #Dark Reflections #Weeping My Endure #Indian Meditation #Tin`s Song #Analogy #The Year`s At The Spring #Pan-Am Flight 249 External links: <br />
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