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similar

Translation
similar
—similarly, adv.
/sim"euh leuhr/, adj.
1. having a likeness or resemblance, esp. in a general way: two similar houses.
2. Geom. (of figures) having the same shape; having corresponding sides proportional and corresponding angles equal: similar triangles.
3. Math. (of two square matrices) related by means of a similarity transformation.
[1605-15; earlier similary < F similaire or ML similaris, equiv. to L simil(is) like, similar (akin to simul together; cf. SIMPLEX) + -aris -AR1]
Syn. 1. like, resembling. See same.
Ant. 1. different.

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