Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word SIMILAR

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Definitions of SIMILAR

1. Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
2. That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
3. (mathematics) Having the same shape, in particular, having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional.
4. (mathematics, linear algebra) Of two square matrices; being such that a conjugation sends one matrix to the other.
5. (homeopathy) A material that produces an effect that resembles the symptoms of a particular disease.

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Examples of Using SIMILAR in a Sentence

• All alkali metals have their outermost electron in an s-orbital: this shared electron configuration results in their having very similar characteristic properties.
• It affords similar protections against discrimination to Americans with disabilities as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which made discrimination based on race, religion, sex, national origin, and other characteristics illegal, and later sexual orientation and gender identity.
• There is a good fossil record of Ailanthus with many species names based on their geographic occurrence, but almost all of these have very similar morphology and have been grouped as a single species among the three species recognized:.
• Textual scholars attribute the biblical genealogy to the Book of Generations, a hypothetically reconstructed document theorized to originate from a similar religiopolitical group and date to the priestly source.
• Volta's invention sparked a great amount of scientific excitement and led others to conduct similar experiments, which eventually led to the development of the field of electrochemistry.
• The League functioned as a dual –offensive and defensive– alliance (symmachia) of autonomous states, similar to its rival association, the Peloponnesian League.
• Historically, the concept of assault guns was very similar to that of the infantry tank, as both were combat vehicles intended to accompany infantry formations into battle, but where assault gun designs often skipped tank features and design elements deemed unnecessary for reasons of cost and doctrine.
• The offspring that arise by asexual reproduction from either unicellular or multicellular organisms inherit the full set of genes of their single parent and thus the newly created individual is genetically and physically similar to the parent or an exact clone of the parent.
• It spread throughout the Pyrenees to areas where languages similar to modern Basque might have been previously spoken.
• The connection between the ancient Greek didactic text Physiologus and similar bestiary manuscripts is also often noted.
• Both live in undisturbed rainforests and are similar in appearance to miniature water buffaloes, weighing.
• Analcime is usually classified as a zeolite mineral, but structurally and chemically it is more similar to the feldspathoids.
• Whorf saw this idea, named after him and his mentor Edward Sapir, as having implications similar to those of Einstein's principle of physical relativity.
• Basis trading, a trading strategy consisting of the purchase of a security and the sale of a similar security.
• Its climate also exhibits oceanic features similar to other coastal areas in the Northern Hemisphere with warm, moist air from the ocean ensuring relatively high humidity and stabilising temperatures.
• It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and scale length.
• These were similar in displacement, armament and cost to battleships, but differed in form and balance of attributes.
• Beltane is one of the four main Gaelic seasonal festivals—along with Samhain, Imbolc, and Lughnasadh—and is similar to the Welsh.
• It is primarily undertaken for aesthetic purposes over functional ones, distinguishing it from similar activities such as powerlifting and calisthenics.
• Resentment, negative emotion or attitude, similar to being jaded, cynical or otherwise negatively affected by experience.

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