Similarity

3 definitions found

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

  Similarity \Sim`i*lar"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [Cf. F.
     similarit['e].]
     The quality or state of being similar; likeness; resemblance;
     as, a similarity of features.
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           Hardly is there a similarity detected between two or
           three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all. --Sir
                                                    W. Hamilton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  similarity
       n 1: the quality of being similar [ant: {dissimilarity}]
       2: a Getalt principle of organization holding that (other
          things being equal) parts of a stimulus field that are
          similar to each other tend to be perceived as belonging
          together as a unit [syn: {law of similarity}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  65 Moby Thesaurus words for "similarity":
     accord, addition, adjunct, affairs, affiliation, affinity,
     alikeness, alliance, analogousness, analogy, approximation,
     assemblage, association, balance, bond, closeness, coincidence,
     collation, combination, commensurability, comparability,
     comparableness, comparativeness, comparison, connectedness,
     connection, contiguity, contrariety, correlation, dealings,
     deduction, disjunction, equivalence, filiation, homology,
     intercourse, interrelation, intimacy, junction, liaison, link,
     linkage, linking, mutual attraction, nearness, parallel,
     propinquity, proportion, proportionability, proximity, rapport,
     ratio, relatedness, relation, relations, relationship, resemblance,
     semblance, simile, similitude, sympathy, synonymity, tie, tie-in,
     union