analogous

adjective

anal·o·gous | \ ə-ˈna-lə-gəs

Definition of analogous

: similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail Timbre in music is analogous to color in painting.— Aaron Copland An airplane's joystick is somewhat analogous to the reins on a horse. : similar in a way that invites comparison : showing an analogy or a likeness that permits one to draw an analogy a town council and a government body that serves an analogous function

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similar, analogous, parallel mean closely resembling each other. similar implies the possibility of being mistaken for each other. all the houses in the development are similar analogous applies to things belonging in essentially different categories but nevertheless having many similarities. analogous political systems parallel suggests a marked likeness in the development of two things. the parallel careers of two movie stars

Examples of analogous in a Sentence

… gluons, force particles analogous to the photons of electromagnetism. — Andrew Watson, Science, 22 Jan. 1999 … great stretches of algae, analogous to terrestrial woodlands, in which kelp fills the role of trees. — William K. Stevens, New York Times, 5 Jan. 1999 … not by means superior to, though analogous with, human reason … — Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, 1859

Recent Examples on the Web

Its methane cycle is analogous to Earth’s water cycle. — David W. Brown, New York Times, "NASA Announces New Dragonfly Drone Mission to Explore Titan," 27 June 2019 Announced on Wednesday in the journal Nature, researchers at the Yale University School of Medicine devised a system roughly analogous to a dialysis machine, called BrainEx, that restores circulation and oxygen flow to a dead brain. — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, "Pig brains partially revived hours after death—what it means for people," 17 Apr. 2019 Anthony Davis’ arrival was analogous to Oden’s, each dominating college basketball with a historic defensive effort. — Michael Shapiro, SI.com, "Greg Oden Leans on His NBA Experience to Advise Future Stars," 19 June 2019 This role would be analogous to most large companies’ Chief Technology Officer. — Heather Wilson, Popular Mechanics, "Op-Ed: USAF Secretary on the Future of Science and Tech in the Air Force," 18 Apr. 2019 The second component is being able to use healing, cooling, and pressure to create something analogous to muscle fibers. — Angela Chen, The Verge, "These are the technology advances that could end animal farming," 9 Nov. 2018 For the writer of serious literary fiction, the analogous trick is to inflict a traumatic injury on a child. — Sam Sacks, WSJ, "Fiction: They Fall to Earth, We Know Not Where," 18 Jan. 2019 In contrast, Spotify didn’t hire its analogous exec (Jonathan Tarlton) until 2014, and no car company before SEAT had even thought to reach out to Shazam. — Cherie Hu, Billboard, "Car Wars: Spotify Faces Stiff Competition as Music Streaming's Battle to Conquer the Road Heats Up," 11 Apr. 2018 Some analysts cite 1998 as analogous to today, when financial crises in Asia and Russia and the near-failure of a giant hedge fund prompted the Fed to cut rates. — Eric Morath, WSJ, "Fed Faces a Fresh Test: Engineering a Soft Economic Landing," 6 Jan. 2019

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