Analogous

analogous
    adj 1: similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise
           dissimilar; "brains and computers are often considered
           analogous"; "salmon roe is marketed as analogous to
           caviar" [syn: {analogous}, {correspondent}]
    2: corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin;
       "the wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird are analogous"
       [ant: {heterologic}, {heterological}, {heterologous},
       {homologous}]
    

Analogous \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.
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         Analogous tendencies in arts and manners. --De Quincey.
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         Decay of public spirit, which may be considered
         analogous to natural death.              --J. H.
                                                  Newman.
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   {nalogous pole} (Pyroelect.), that pole of a crystal which
      becomes positively electrified when heated.
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   Syn: Correspondent; similar; like.
        [1913 Webster] -- {A*nal"o gous*ly}, adv. --
        {A*nal"o*gous*ness}, n.
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57 Moby Thesaurus words for "analogous":
      akin, aligned, alike, analogical, answering, coequal, coextending,
      coextensive, collatable, collateral, commensurable, commensurate,
      comparable, comparative, complemental, complementary, concurrent,
      consonant, convertible, correlative, correspondent, corresponding,
      duplicate, equal, equidistant, equipollent, equispaced, equivalent,
      even, homologous, interchangeable, kindred, lined up, matchable,
      matching, much at one, nonconvergent, nondivergent, of a kind,
      of a piece, of a size, parallel, parallelepipedal,
      parallelinervate, paralleling, parallelodrome, parallelogrammatic,
      parallelogrammic, parallelotropic, reciprocal, reciprocative,
      relative, similar, tantamount, twin, undifferentiated, uniform