Similarity
[sɪmə'lærətɪ] or [,sɪmə'lærəti]
Definition
(noun.) the quality of being similar.
(noun.) a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) parts of a stimulus field that are similar to each other tend to be perceived as belonging together as a unit.
Checker: Sigmund--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being similar; likeness; resemblance; as, a similarity of features.
Checker: Stella
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Likeness, resemblance, similitude, parallelism, analogy, correspondence, parity.
Editor: Marilyn
Examples
- He thought later--in 1748--that there were many points of similarity between lightning and the spark from a Leyden jar, and suggested an experiment to test the identity of their natures. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Ether as a chemical product has been known for several centuries, and as early as 1818 Faraday pointed out the similarity between the effects of ether and nitrous oxide gas. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- No one regards the external similarity of a mouse to a shrew, of a dugong to a whale, of a whale to a fish, as of any importance. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- But, as far as structure is concerned, I can see no similarity between tridactyle pedicellariae and avicularia. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- When first collecting in the fresh waters of Brazil, I well remember feeling much surprise at the similarity of the fresh-water insects, shells, etc. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Both, replied Elizabeth archly; for I have always seen a great similarity in the turn of our minds. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I had often watched a large dog of ours eating his food; and I now noticed a decided similarity between the dog's way of eating, and the man's. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- But on a nearer examination of them the similarity vanishes, and they are seen to be distinct characters. Plato. The Republic.
- When silk and linen are tested, it is found that the former behaves in a general way as did wool, while the linen has more similarity to the cotton. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- A short abstract of its contents will show its similarity to the meeting of King Richard and Friar Tuck. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- This similarity would be a strange fact, if species had been independently created and varieties had been produced through secondary laws. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- I often referred the several situations, as their similarity struck me, to my own. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Between the sterility thus superinduced and that of hybrids, there are many points of similarity. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- It was said that the Abbé Nollet, 1748, had suggested the idea of the similarity of lightning and electricity in his _Le?ons de Physique_. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- It is an accidental similarity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- With the hide removed from the bear, there are many similarities in the muscles. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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