analogous

• Décrit des choses qui sont comparables sous certains aspects, généralement d'une manière qui éclaire la nature des objets comparés.

Describes things that are comparable in certain respects, typically in a way that makes clearer the nature of the things compared.

1. Comparable in certain aspectsB2formal

   Having similarities or being equivalent in some ways, even though the things being compared are otherwise different.

   Analogue, comparable

   • The human heart is analogous to a pump in a hydraulic system.
   • His argument was analogous to one made by a famous philosopher.
   • The structure of an atom is analogous to a miniature solar system.

   Synonymesakincognatecomparablecorrespondingequivalentlikematchingparallelrelatedsimilar

   Antonymesdifferentdisparatedissimilarunlike

2. Similar in function but not originC1formal

   Describing body parts or structures in different species that perform the same function but evolved separately, without a common ancestor.

   Analogue (en biologie)

   • The wings of a bird and the wings of an insect are analogous structures.
   • Eyes in humans and octopuses are analogous, having evolved independently.
   • The fins of fish and the flippers of whales are analogous in function.

   Synonymesconvergentequivalent

   Antonymeshomologous