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English Dictionary: analogous	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
analogous adj similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar; "brains and computers are often considered analogous"; "salmon roe is marketed as analogous to caviar" Synonym(s): analogous, correspondent corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin; "the wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird are analogous" Antonym(s): heterologic, heterological, heterologous, homologous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Analogous \Anal"ogous\, 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. -- {Anal"o gously}, adv. -- {Anal"ogous*ness}, n.