Analogousness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Analogous \A*nal"o*gous\, a. [L. analogous, Gr. ? according to a
     due ratio, proportionate; ? + ? ratio, proportion. See
     {Logic}.]
     Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some
     resemblance or proportion; -- often followed by to.
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           Analogous tendencies in arts and manners. --De Quincey.
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           Decay of public spirit, which may be considered
           analogous to natural death.              --J. H.
                                                    Newman.
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     {nalogous pole} (Pyroelect.), that pole of a crystal which
        becomes positively electrified when heated.
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     Syn: Correspondent; similar; like.
          [1913 Webster] -- {A*nal"o gous*ly}, adv. --
          {A*nal"o*gous*ness}, n.
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