analogous

From Latin analogus, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́λογος (análogos).[1][2]

• (US, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈnæl.ə.ɡəs/

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• (nonstandard) IPA^(key): /əˈnæl.ə.dʒəs/

analogous (comparative more analogous, superlative most analogous)

1. Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion (often followed by "to".)
   • 2013 September 20, Martina Hyde, “Is the pope Catholic?”, in The Guardian‎:

     After all, if we think of the Vatican as a vast and hugely successful multinational corporation, then this interview would appear to be the equivalent of a profits warning. At the very least, it would seem to be tinkering with the formula of the biggest spiritual brand in the world, analogous to Coca-Cola changing its famous recipe in 1985.

   • Analogous tendencies in arts and manners. --De Quincey. (Can we date this quote?)
   • Decay of public spirit, which may be considered analogous to natural death. --J. H. Newman.
2. (biology) Functionally similar, but arising through convergent evolution rather than being homologous.

• (having analogy): correspondent, like, similar, comparable, parallel

• analog, analogue
• analogic, analogical
• analogy

• analogous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.