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Meaning of analogous

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

analogous

Pronunciation:/əˈnæl.ə.ɡəs//əˈnæl.ə.ɡəs/

adjective

Definitions

  1. Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion (often followed by "to".)

    Synonyms:comparablecorrespondentlikeparallelsimilar

  2. Functionally similar, but arising through convergent evolution rather than being homologous.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/analogous

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similarcorrespondentidenticalsamecomparableequivalentsuchcorresponding