analogous
pronunciation
How to pronounce analogous in British English:
UK [əˈnæləgəs]
How to pronounce analogous in American English:
US [əˈnæləɡəs]
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- Adjective:
- similar or correspondent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar
- corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin
Word Origin
- analogous (adj.)
- 1640s, from Latin analogus, from Greek analogos "proportionate, according to due proportion" (see analogy).
Synonym
Example
- 1. For them , gender segregation is analogous to racial separatism .
- 2. The analogous technology in cloud computing is virtualisation .
- 3. The analogous circuit proved simple to derive .
- 4. Kant 's influential moral philosophy has at times caused analogous confusion .
- 5. Like humans with the analogous disorder , different dogs show different symptoms .