English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Anallantoidea
(n. pl.)
The division of Vertebrata in which no allantois
is developed. It includes amphibians, fishes, and lower forms.
Analogal
(a.)
Analogous.
Analogic
(a.)
Of or belonging to analogy.
Analogical
(a.)
Having analogy; analogous.
Analogical
(a.)
Founded on, or of the nature of, analogy; expressing or
implying analogy.
Analogically
(adv.)
In an analogical sense; in accordance with analogy;
by way of similitude.
Analogicalness
(n.)
Quality of being analogical.
Analogies
(pl. )
of Analogy
Analogism
(n.)
Investigation of things by the analogy they bear to each
other.
Analogism
(n.)
an argument from the cause to the effect; an a priori
argument.
Analogist
(n.)
One who reasons from analogy, or represent, by analogy.
Analogize
(v. i.)
To employ, or reason by, analogy.
Analogon
(n.)
Analogue.
Analogous
(a.)
Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing
some resemblance or proportion; -- often followed by to.
Analogue
(n.)
That which is analogous to, or corresponds with, some
other thing.
Analogue
(n.)
An organ which is equivalent in its functions to a
different organ in another species or group, or even in the same group;
as, the gill of a fish is the analogue of a lung in a quadruped,
although the two are not of like structural relations.
Analogue
(n.)
A species or genus in one country closely related to a
species of the same genus, or a genus of the same group, in another:
such species are often called representative species, and such genera,
representative genera.
Analogue
(n.)
A species in one genus or group having its characters
parallel, one by one, with those of another group.
Analogue
(n.)
A word in one language corresponding with one in another;
an analogous term; as, the Latin "pater" is the analogue of the English
"father."
Analogy
(n.)
A relation or correspondence in function, between organs
or parts which are decidedly different.