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Analogous
//əˈnæl.ə.ɡəs// adj
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Having analogy, the status of an analogue; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or similar proportion (often followed by "to".)
"Analogous tendencies in arts and in manners."
- 2 Functionally similar, but arising through convergent evolution rather than being homologous.
Adjective
- 1 corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin wordnet
- 2 similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar wordnet
Etymology
From Latin analogus, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́λογος (ănắlogos); Its English equivalent is analogue + -ous. The application to similar features of organisms is nearly as old as the general sense. Recognizably modern uses of the second sense, distinguishing analogous from homologous, appear in the mid-19th century.
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