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Analogal
Analogal A*nal"o*gal, a.
Analogous. [Obs.] --Donne.
AnalogicAnalogic An`a*log"ic, a. [See Analogous.]
Of or belonging to analogy. --Geo. Eliot. Analogical
Analogical An`a*log"ic*al, a.
1. Founded on, or of the nature of, analogy; expressing or
implying analogy.
When a country which has sent out colonies is termed
the mother country, the expression is analogical.
--J. S. Mill.
2. Having analogy; analogous. --Sir M. Hale.
Analogically
Analogically An`a*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
In an analogical sense; in accordance with analogy; by way of
similitude.
A prince is analogically styled a pilot, being to the
state as a pilot is to the vessel. --Berkeley.
Analogicalness
Analogicalness An`a*log"ic*al*ness, n.
Quality of being analogical.
AnalogiesAnalogy A*nal"o*gy, n.; pl. Analogies. [L. analogia, Gr. ?,
fr. ?: cf. F. analogie. See Analogous.]
1. A resemblance of relations; an agreement or likeness
between things in some circumstances or effects, when the
things are otherwise entirely different. Thus, learning
enlightens the mind, because it is to the mind what light
is to the eye, enabling it to discover things before
hidden.
Note: Followed by between, to, or with; as, there is an
analogy between these objects, or one thing has an
analogy to or with another.
Note: Analogy is very commonly used to denote similarity or
essential resemblance; but its specific meaning is a
similarity of relations, and in this consists the
difference between the argument from example and that
from analogy. In the former, we argue from the mere
similarity of two things; in the latter, from the
similarity of their relations. --Karslake.
2. (Biol.) A relation or correspondence in function, between
organs or parts which are decidedly different.
3. (Geom.) Proportion; equality of ratios.
4. (Gram.) Conformity of words to the genius, structure, or
general rules of a language; similarity of origin,
inflection, or principle of pronunciation, and the like,
as opposed to anomaly. --Johnson. Analogism
Analogism A*nal"o*gism, n. [Gr. ? course of reasoning, fr. ?
to think over, to calculate]
1. Logic an argument from the cause to the effect; an a
priori argument. --Johnson.
2. Investigation of things by the analogy they bear to each
other. --Crabb.
Analogist
Analogist A*nal"o*gist, n.
One who reasons from analogy, or represent, by analogy.
--Cheyne.
Analogize
Analogize A*nal"o*gize, v. i.
To employ, or reason by, analogy.
Analogon
Analogon A*nal"o*gon, n. [Gr. ?.]
Analogue.
AnalogousAnalogous A*nal"o*gous, a. [L. analogous, Gr. ? according to a
due ratio, proportionate; ? + ? ratio, proportion. See
Logic.]
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. AnalogousnessAnalogous A*nal"o*gous, a. [L. analogous, Gr. ? according to a
due ratio, proportionate; ? + ? ratio, proportion. See
Logic.]
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. Analogue
Analogue An"a*logue (?; 115), n. [F. ?, fr. Gr. ?.]
1. That which is analogous to, or corresponds with, some
other thing.
The vexatious tyranny of the individual despot meets
its analogue in the insolent tyranny of the many.
--I. Taylor.
2. (Philol.) A word in one language corresponding with one in
another; an analogous term; as, the Latin ``pater' is the
analogue of the English ``father.'
3. (Nat. Hist.)
(a) An organ which is equivalent in its functions to a
different organ in another species or group, or even
in the same group; as, the gill of a fish is the
analogue of a lung in a quadruped, although the two
are not of like structural relations.
(b) A species in one genus or group having its characters
parallel, one by one, with those of another group.
(c) A species or genus in one country closely related to a
species of the same genus, or a genus of the same
group, in another: such species are often called
representative species, and such genera,
representative genera. --Dana.
AnalogyAnalogy A*nal"o*gy, n.; pl. Analogies. [L. analogia, Gr. ?,
fr. ?: cf. F. analogie. See Analogous.]
1. A resemblance of relations; an agreement or likeness
between things in some circumstances or effects, when the
things are otherwise entirely different. Thus, learning
enlightens the mind, because it is to the mind what light
is to the eye, enabling it to discover things before
hidden.
Note: Followed by between, to, or with; as, there is an
analogy between these objects, or one thing has an
analogy to or with another.
Note: Analogy is very commonly used to denote similarity or
essential resemblance; but its specific meaning is a
similarity of relations, and in this consists the
difference between the argument from example and that
from analogy. In the former, we argue from the mere
similarity of two things; in the latter, from the
similarity of their relations. --Karslake.
2. (Biol.) A relation or correspondence in function, between
organs or parts which are decidedly different.
3. (Geom.) Proportion; equality of ratios.
4. (Gram.) Conformity of words to the genius, structure, or
general rules of a language; similarity of origin,
inflection, or principle of pronunciation, and the like,
as opposed to anomaly. --Johnson.
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