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a•nal•o•gous

Pronunciation: (u-nal'u-gus), [key]
—adj.
1. having analogy; corresponding in some particular: A brain and a computer are analogous.
2. Biol.corresponding in function, but not evolved from corresponding organs, as the wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

analogize

analog recording

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