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Meanings of analogy in English

Catalan
analogia
Spanish
analogía

The religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate.

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      Russian
      аналоги
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      Catalan
      analogia

      Inference or argument from one particular to another particular.

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              аналоги
              Russian
              аналогичные органы
              Portuguese
              orgãos análogos
              Spanish
              analogia
              Catalan
              analogia

              Similarity between a pair of structures, or genes, in different taxa resulting from convergent evolution.

                  аналогичные органы
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                  Examples for "analogous organs"
                  Examples for "analogous organs"
                  1
                  The wings of the insect are, however, of a nature altogether different from the apparently analogous organs which the bird uses in flight.
                  Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 437 / Volume 17, New Series, M...
                  Usage of analogy in English
                  1
                  But the analogy succinctly objectifies the logic of the domestic violence industry.
                  The Irish Times
                  2
                  That's a great analogy, because organized crime has the same basic structure.
                  Sword of god
                  3
                  In the last analysis, analogy depends upon the recurrence of similar conditions.
                  Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Stu...
                  4
                  The artists also have to contend with the whole Earth analogy problem.
                  Wired
                  5
                  Yet Voldemorting departs from the Harry Potter analogy in one crucial way.
                  Wired
                  6
                  A very interesting analogy is found in the evolution of the boat.
                  The Story of Evolution
                  7
                  The analogy is not so clearly marked as in the other case.
                  Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science
                  8
                  If we follow your analogy, capitalist industry can only be the Americans.
                  Self's punishment
                  9
                  It was thinking that the cat-and-mouse analogy was a pretty good one.
                  Small favor
                  10
                  You know, there's another analogy from ancient history that's more appropriate here.
                  Cauldron of Ghosts
                  11
                  The analogy of the stones of the tower does not really apply.
                  The Measurement of Intelligence / An Explanation of and a Comple...
                  12
                  NOLAN: I explained that her dialogue is about analogy, it's about perspective.
                  Wired
                  13
                  If Riker really thought the monsters were coming, the analogy was accurate.
                  Obsidian Butterfly
                  14
                  He brings the spiritual world into close analogy with the material one.
                  The Inner Life / Part 3 from The Works of John Greenleaf Whittie...
                  15
                  And some security experts say the analogy may not be too far-fetched.
                  Wired
                  16
                  You use your workers as lobbyists. The beverage association rejects the analogy.
                  Reuters
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                  Translations for analogy
                  Catalan
                  analogia
                  Analogy through the time
                  Analogy across language varieties
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