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What does analogous mean?

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Adjective
  1. Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion (often followed by "to".)
  2. (biology) Functionally similar, but arising through convergent evolution rather than being homologous.
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Amides tend to be somewhat less reactive, but are also subject to hydrolysis and analogous reactions.
Counties tend to adopt newer technologies that are analogous to the technology they move away from.
These tail fin tip vortices have been interpreted to be analogous to wing tip vortices of aircraft.
He has asked in our act of faith an abnegation analogous to that of his Son.
Miss Braham was every whit as charming and seductive as she had been, some years ago, in the analogous part of Patience.
Paint, ink, paper and canvas are transformed by faith into something analogous to living creatures.

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