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ADJECTIVE (2)

1. similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar;
- Example: "brains and computers are often considered analogous"
- Example: "salmon roe is marketed as analogous to caviar"
[syn: analogous, correspondent]

2. corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin;
- Example: "the wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird are analogous"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Analogous \A*nal"o*gous\, a. [L. analogous, Gr. ? according to a
   due ratio, proportionate; ? + ? ratio, proportion. See
   Logic.]
   Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some
   resemblance or proportion; -- often followed by to.
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         Analogous tendencies in arts and manners. --De Quincey.
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         Decay of public spirit, which may be considered
         analogous to natural death.              --J. H.
                                                  Newman.
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   nalogous pole (Pyroelect.), that pole of a crystal which
      becomes positively electrified when heated.
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   Syn: Correspondent; similar; like.
        [1913 Webster] -- A*nal"o gous*ly, adv. --
        A*nal"o*gous*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

analogous
    adj 1: similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise
           dissimilar; "brains and computers are often considered
           analogous"; "salmon roe is marketed as analogous to
           caviar" [syn: analogous, correspondent]
    2: corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin;
       "the wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird are analogous"
       [ant: heterologic, heterological, heterologous,
       homologous]