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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Similar \Sim"i*lar\, n. That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
Similar \Sim"i*lar\, a. [F. similaire, fr. L. similis like, similar. See Same, a., and cf. Simulate.]
Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects; precisely like.
Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects; somewhat like; having a general likeness.
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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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"having characteristics in common," 1610s (earlier similary, 1560s), from French similaire, from a Medieval Latin extended form of Latin similis "like, resembling," from Old Latin semol "together," from PIE root *sem- (1) "one, as one, together with" (see same). The noun meaning "that which is similar" is from 1650s. Related: Similarly.
Wiktionary
a. Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable. n. 1 That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc. 2 (context homeopathy English) A material that produces an effect that resembles the symptoms of a particular disease
WordNet
adj. marked by correspondence or resemblance; "similar food at similar prices"; "problems similar to mine"; "they wore similar coats" [ant: dissimilar]
having the same or similar characteristics; "all politicians are alike"; "they looked utterly alike"; "friends are generaly alike in background and taste" [syn: alike(p), like] [ant: unalike]
resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination; "suits of like design"; "a limited circle of like minds"; "members of the cat family have like dispositions"; "as like as two peas in a pod"; "doglike devotion"; "a dreamlike quality" [syn: like] [ant: unlike]
(of words) expressing closely related meanings
capable of replacing or changing places with something else; "interchangeable parts" [syn: exchangeable, interchangeable, standardized, standardised]
Usage examples of "similar".
Bally reports a somewhat similar instance, in which, three months after ingestion, during an attack of peripneumonia, a foreign body was extracted from an abscess of the thorax, between the 2d and 3d ribs.
In this persuasion certain of the Aztec priests practised complete abscission or entire discerption of the virile parts, and a mutilation of females was not unknown similar to that immemorially a custom in Egypt.
Corporate structure information such as organization charts, hierarchy charts, employee or departmental lists, reporting structure, names, positions, internal contact numbers, employee numbers, or similar information that is used for internal processes should not be made available on publicly accessible Web sites.
Coherence was achieved because the men who created the system all used the same, ever-growing body of textbooks, and they were all familiar with similar routines of lectures, debates and academic exercises and shared a belief that Christianity was capable of a systematic and authoritative presentation.
The world that you see in dim light is similar to the world of the achromat, that rare person who has no color vision at all.
Again, if the ore is washed with water before treating with cyanide on the large scale, then the assay should be made of the acidity of the ore after a similar washing.
Satisfied, Pekka stopped the chant and looked over toward the other table, where the other acorn should have shown similar growth.
In order that astral events other than those manifesting acoustically may become accessible to our consciousness, our own astral being must become capable of vibrating in tune with them, just as if we were hearing them - that is, we must be able to rouse our astral forces to an activity similar to that of hearing, yet without any physical stimulus.
Court declared that: After a legislative body has fairly and fully investigated and acted, by fixing what it believes to be reasonable rates, the courts cannot step in and say its action shall be set aside because the courts, upon similar investigation, have come to a different conclusion as to the reasonableness of the rates fixed.
Small, white clover has adaptation for soils very similar to that of alsike clover.
Nessler tube and the colour compared with that observed in a similar tube containing water and potassium iodide on adding the standard solution of bismuth.
At this time of day, it is perhaps not improper to adduce the parallel instance of the old-fashioned corset, which was subject to a similar inconvenience.
An adjoining peduncle described during the same time similar, though fewer, ellipses.
With a similar design, to admonish kings that they are strong only in the strength of their subjects, the same Indians invented the game of chess, which was likewise introduced into Persia under the reign of Nushirvan.
A similar instance, in Grecian history, admonished the emperor of the honorable part prescribed for his imitation.