analogous
Pronunciation: /əˈnæl.ə.ɡəs/
The English word “analogous” has 2 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Having analogy, the status of an analogue; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or similar proportion (often followed by "to".)
- Functionally similar, but arising through convergent evolution rather than being homologous.
Etymology
From Latin analogus, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́λογος (ănắlogos); Its English equivalent is analogue + -ous. The application to similar features of organisms is nearly as old as the general sense. Recognizably modern uses of the second sense, distinguishing analogous from homologous, appear in the mid-19th century.
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