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Definition of similar

Similar
Similar Sim"i*lar, a. [F. similaire, fr. L. similis like, similar. See Same, a., and cf. Simulate.] 1. Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects; precisely like. 2. Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects; somewhat like; having a general likeness. 3. Homogenous; uniform. [R.] --Boyle. Similar figures (Geom.), figures which differ from each other only in magnitude, being made up of the same number of like parts similarly situated. Similar rectilineal figures, such as have their several angles respectively equal, each to each, and their sides about the equal angles proportional. Similar solids, such as are contained by the same number of similar planes, similarly situated, and having like inclination to one another.
Similar
Similar Sim"i*lar, n. That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.

Meaning of similar from wikipedia

- similar , the place in india , shimla specific definitions: similarity. different fields provide differing definitions of similarity:
- males and females in insect-pollinated species generally look similar to one another because plants provide rewards (e.g. nectar ) that
- the opposite of homologous organs are analogous organs which do similar jobs in two taxa that were not present in the last common
- distinction is similar to that proposed by august weismann , who distinguished between germ plasm (heredity) and somatic cells (the body).
- two geometrical objects are called similar if they both have the same shape , or one has the same shape as the mirror image of the other.
- or simply analog, is a compound having a structure similar to that of another one, but differing from it in respect of a certain component.
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- in linear algebra , two n-by- n matrices a and b are called similar if:\! b p^-1 a p. for some invertible n-by- n matrix p. similar
- similitude suggests that the component fatigue life of the two objects will also be similar. an example: consider a submarine modeled at 1/
- recently, pc-based control systems, similar to the iecc have been developed and are sold by various signalling contractors, e.g.