analogy
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /əˈnæləd͡ʒi/
analogy
- A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.
- 1983, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953636,00.html How to Write Programs]," Time, 3 Jan.:
- Perhaps the easiest way to think of it is in terms of a simple analogy: hardware is to software as a television set is to the shows that appear on it.
- 1983, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953636,00.html How to Write Programs]," Time, 3 Jan.:
- (geometry) The proportion or the equality of ratios.
- (grammar) The correspondence of a word or phrase with the genius of a language, as learned from the manner in which its words and phrases are ordinarily formed; similarity of derivative or inflectional processes.
- French: analogie
- German: Analogie
- Italian: analogia, somiglianza, equivalenza
- Portuguese: analogia
- Russian: анало́гия
- Spanish: analogía
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