Category:Similar

Sim"i*lar, a. Etym: [f. similaire, fr. L. similis like, similar. See Same, a., and cf. Simulate.]

1. Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects; precisely like.

2. Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects; somewhat like; Having a general likeness.

3. Homogenous; uniform. [r.] Boyle. Similar figures (geom.), figures Which differ from each other only in magnitude, being made up of the Same number of like parts similarly situated. -- similar rectilineal figures, such as have their several angles Respectively equal, each to each, and their sides about the equal Angles proportional. -- similar solids, such as are contained by the same number of Similar planes, similarly situated, and having like inclination to One another.

Similar Sim"i*lar, n.

Defn: that which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in Quality, form, etc.