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Definition: Analogous |
AnalogousAdjective1. Similar or correspondent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar; "brains and computers are often considered analogous"; "surimi is marketed as analogous to crabmeat". 2. (biology) corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin; "the wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird are analogous". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "analogous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Etymology: Analogous \A*nal"o*gous\, adjective. [Latin expression analogous, Greek according to due ratio, proportionate; ratio, proportion. See Logic.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Resembling or similar in some respects, as in function or appearance, but not in origin or development;. (references) |
Mining | A. Corresponding to or resembling something else in some way, as in form, proportion, etc. b. Designating that pole (end) of a pyroelectric crystal to which heatinggives a positive charge. CF:antilogous. (references) |
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Synonym: AnalogousSynonym: correspondent (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: heterologous (adj), homologous (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Similarity | Analogous, analogical; parallel, of a piece; such as, so; homoiousian. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The use of asphyxiating, poisonous or other gases and all analogous liquids, materials or devices being prohibited, their manufacture and importation are strictly forbidden in Germany. (reference) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | In Western Europe, by comparison, payroll contributions to analogous funds range from 8 to 12 percent of the payroll. (references) | |
Economic History | Czech Rep | The commercial code details rules pertaining to legal entities and is analogous to corporate law in the United States. (references) |
Sweden | Elected municipal councils are headed by executive committees roughly analogous to the boards of commissioners found in some U.S. cities. (references) | |
Human Rights | Estonia | An analogous but independent roundtable meets in the county of East Virumaa. (references) |
Political Economy | TAIWAN | In June 2000, Taiwan adopted a new medical device classification analogous to USFDA regulations (21 C.F.R.) to simplify registration procedures. (references) |
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| "Analogous" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.81% of the time. "Analogous" is used about 519 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.81% | 518 | 11,731 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.19% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 519 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "analogous": analogous to. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "analogous": non-analogous. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
analogous | 18 |
analogous structure | 10 |
analogous colors | 7 |
analogous homologous structure | 4 |
analogous color scheme | 3 |
analogous color | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "analogous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | analoog, analogies. (various references) | |
Albanian | i ngjashëm (alike, homogeneous, identic, identical, like, near, parallel, resembling, same, similar). (various references) | |
Arabic | مماثل (comparable, identical, like, similar), مناظر, مواز (equivalent, parallel), مشابه (comparable, fellow, hassling, like, similar), المماثل, النظير (analogue, parallel, peer). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | съответен (adequate, appropriate, congruent, congruous, consentaneous, correspondent, corresponding, homologous, opposite, parallel, proper, reciprocal, relevant, respective, several), сходен (akin, alike, cognate, congruent, congruous, like, osculant, similar), аналогичен (analogical, parallel), подобен (agnate, akin, alike, allied to, bastard, comparable, connatural, ditto, homo-, homoeo-, kindred, like, parallel, similar, sister, such, suchlike). (various references) | |
Chinese | 近似 (Approximate, Approximative), 類似 (similar). (various references) | |
Czech | analogický, podobný (akin, alike, close, conformable, kindred, like, similar, such, suchlike). (various references) | |
Danish | analog (analog, analogue). (various references) | |
Dutch | analoog (analog, analogue), overeenkomend. (various references) | |
Esperanto | analogia, analoga. (various references) | |
Farsi | متشابه (Homonym, Like), مانند (Analog, Analogue, As, Like, Similar), قابل مقایسه . (various references) | |
Finnish | analoginen (analogical). (various references) | |
French | analogue (analogue). (various references) | |
German | analog (analog, analogical, analogue). (various references) | |
Greek | ανάλογος (proportionate). (various references) | |
Hebrew | משול (compared, like, resembling), מקביל (analogue, corresponding, opposite, parallel), דומה (like, similar). (various references) | |
Hungarian | hasonló (akin, alike, cousin, like), analóg, rokon (akin, relation, cousin, kin, kindred). (various references) | |
Indonesian | sama (alike, analogical, ditto, equal, even, identical, same, similiar). (various references) | |
Italian | analogo (akin, referring to this, similar). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 類似 , 類似 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | るいじ (repeated, similar kanji, successive). (various references) | |
Korean | 유사한. (various references) | |
Manx | cosoylaghyn rish. (various references) | |
Papiamen | analógiko. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | analogousay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | análogo (analog, analogue, similar), análogo. (various references) | |
Romanian | analog (analogically, like, parallel, similar, similarly). (various references) | |
Russian | аналогичный (analogical). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | analogan, sličan (alike, connatural, like, similar). (various references) | |
Spanish | análogo (analogue, kindred). (various references) | |
Swedish | analog (analog, analogue). (various references) | |
Turkish | andıran (analogic, analogical, evocative, imitative, reminiscent), analojik (analogic, analogical), benzer (alike, analogic, analogical, analogue, approximate, closely, conformable, congener, congenerous, connate, correlative, counterpart, double, homeo-, homo-, homoeo-, homologous, image, in common, indistinguishable, kindred, like, look alike, match, of a piece, parallel, same, similar, simulant, stand in, vicinal), benzeşen (analogic, analogical, assimilted). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | схожий (affined, akin, alike, approximate, cognate, compatible, like, near, resemblant, similar), аналогічний (analogical, corresponding, parallel), подібний (alike, another, conformable, corresponding, like, resemblant, similar, such, suchlike). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tương tự (alike, kindred, like, parallel, semblable, similarly), giống nhau (alike, like, similar). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | consequens, consequenti. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "analogous": analogously, analogousness, analogousnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Analogous" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: anagolous, analagous, analagus, analegous, analgous, analogoous, analoguous, analogus, analoguz, analougous, analygous, anaylogous, anologous. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "analogous" (pronounced una"lugus) |
| 5 | -l u g u s | homologous. |
| 4 | -u g u s | asparagus, esophagus, sarcophagus. |
| 3 | -g u s | Argus, bodegas, bogus, Degas, dingus, fungus, heterozygous, homozygous, humongous, Negus. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-g-l-n-o-o-s-u" | |
-2 letters: analogs, lagoons, lagunas, lanugos. | |
-3 letters: agonal, analog, gluons, guanos, lagans, lagoon, laguna, lanugo, lauans, logans, saloon, slogan, solano. | |
-4 letters: agons, alang, alans, algas, along, angas, anlas, anoas, galas, gaols, glans, gluon, goals, goons, guano, guans, lagan, lauan, loans, logan, logos, longs, loons, lunas, lungs, nasal, nolos, salon, sanga, sauna, slang, slung, snool, solan. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-g-l-n-o-o-s-u" | |
+2 letters: analogously. | |
+3 letters: coagulations. | |
+4 letters: analogousness, granulomatous. | |
+5 letters: congratulators, gastroduodenal, protolanguages. | |
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