analogousness Definition

analogous
adj

1. Similar or alike in some way.

Thesaurus: similar, alike, comparable, corresponding, reciprocal, equivalent, parallel, resembling, agreeing, like, homologous, related; Antonym: disparate.
2. biol.
Denoting plant or animal structures that are similar in function, but have evolved completely independently of each other in different plant or animal groups, eg the wings of insects and birds. Compare homologous.

Derivative: analogously
adverb

Derivative: analogousness
noun

Idiom: be analogous to something

To have similar characteristics to it or to function in the same way as it.

Etymology: 17c: from Latin analogus, from Greek analogos proportionate.