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a·nal·o·gous
(ə-năl′ə-gəs)adj.
1. Similar or alike in such a way as to permit the drawing of an analogy.
2. Biology Similar in function but not in structure and evolutionary origin.
[From Latin analogus, from Greek analogos, proportionate : ana-, according to; see ana- + logos, proportion; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]
a·nal′o·gous·ly adv.
a·nal′o·gous·ness n.
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Adv. | 1. | analogously - in an analogous manner; "analogously, we have a variable" |
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analogicky
analogno