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English-Thai Dictionary

analogous

ADJ ที่ คล้าย กัน  คล้าย  คล้ายคลึง  comparable like similar ti-khlai-kan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ANALOGOUS

a.Having analogy; bearing some resemblance or proportion; followed by to; as, there is something in the exercise of the mind analogues to that of the body.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ANALOGOUS

A *nal "o *gous, a. Etym: [L. analogous, Gr. Logic. ]

 

Defn: Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion; -- often followed by to. Analogous tendencies in arts and manners. De Quincey. Decay of public spirit, which may be considered analogous to natural death. J. H. Newman. nalogous pole (Pyroelect.), that pole of a crystal which becomes positively electrified when heated.

 

Syn. -- Correspondent; similar; like. -- A *nal "o gous *ly, adv. -- A *nal "o *gous *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

analogous

a nal o gous |əˈnaləgəs əˈnæləɡəs | adjective (often analogous to ) comparable in certain respects, typically in a way that makes clearer the nature of the things compared: they saw the relationship between a ruler and his subjects as analogous to that of father and children. Biology (of structures ) performing a similar function but having a different evolutionary origin, such as the wings of insects and birds. Often contrasted with homologous. DERIVATIVES a nal o gous ly adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek analogos proportionate + -ous .

 

Oxford Dictionary

analogous

analogous |əˈnaləgəs | adjective comparable in certain respects, typically in a way which makes clearer the nature of the things compared: they saw the relationship between a ruler and his subjects as analogous to that of father and children. Biology (of organs ) performing a similar function but having a different evolutionary origin, such as the wings of insects and birds. Often contrasted with homologous. DERIVATIVES analogously adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek analogos proportionate + -ous .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

analogous

analogous adjective their lab results were analogous: comparable, parallel, similar, like, akin, corresponding, related, kindred, equivalent. ANTONYMS unrelated.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

analogous

analogous adjective sport is in some ways analogous to life: comparable, parallel, similar, like, corresponding, related, kindred, matching, cognate, equivalent, symmetrical, homologous. ANTONYMS dissimilar, unrelated.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

analogous

a nal o gous /ənǽləɡəs /形容詞 1 かたく 〖通例be 【ほかの物に 】(部分的に )類似した, 相似の (similar ) «to , with » .2 生物 機能上類似した .ly 副詞