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UK
/ɐnˈæləɡəs/
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[ US /əˈnæɫəɡəs/ ]
[ US /əˈnæɫəɡəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar
salmon roe is marketed as analogous to caviar
brains and computers are often considered analogous -
corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin
the wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird are analogous
How To Use analogous In A Sentence
- The present crisis is analogous with the situation immediately before the war.
- Amides tend to be somewhat less reactive, but are also subject to hydrolysis and analogous reactions.
- [116] A chaplaincy is a pious foundation made by any religious person, and elected into a benefice by the ecclesiastical ordinary, with the annexed obligation of saying a certain number of masses, or with the obligation of other analogous spiritual duties. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 28 of 55 1637-38 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing t
- More critical are analogous words that have acquired easily mistakable senses, such as eventually/eventuellement (‘possibly’), actually/actuellement (‘currently’), or to attend/attendre (‘to wait’). French/english Translation: the Unusual History of the English Language « Articles « Literacy News
- Are there effluvia analogous to what we call odour: effluvia of extreme subtlety, absolutely imperceptible to us, yet capable of stimulating a sense-organ far more sensitive than our own? Social Life in the Insect World
- My view I think explains their uniformly brown colour -- analogous to Brown's sphacelation in mutatis mutandis. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
- Marine construction technology like this is very complex, somewhat analogous to trying to build a bridge under water.
- In humans, analogous brain regions and neural circuits are activated equivalently when we see or form mental images of the faces of specific individuals.
- It is now pretty conclusively established that they are no more Japanese than they are of any other country in particular, but that the originators of the breed were common fancy mice which were suffering from a disease of the brain analogous to the 'gid' in sheep. The Dancing Mouse A Study in Animal Behavior
- In Director, the stage is analogous to the outermost or whole cinematic frame.
