analogous
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
analogous /əˈnaləgəs/
▶adjective
- 1 comparable in certain respects.
- 2 Biology performing a similar function but having a different evolutionary origin, such as the wings of insects and birds. Often contrasted with homologous.
– derivatives
analogously adverb.
analogously adverb.
'analogous' also found in these Oxford entries:
alum
- analogy
- biochip
- brane
- correspond
- electret
- field
- fourth dimension
- homologous
- hypercube
- lithography
- metric
- para-
- parallel
- product
- quantum
- sacramental
- silane
- zymotic
