Similar /(?)/
Sim·i·lar
Similar
a.
- Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects; precisely like.
- Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects; somewhat like; having a general likeness.
- Homogenous; uniform. [R.]
Phrases & Compounds
- Similar figures
- 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
n.
- That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.