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sim⋅i⋅lar

  [sim-uh-ler]
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–adjective
1. having a likeness or resemblance, esp. in a general way: two similar houses.
2. Geometry. (of figures) having the same shape; having corresponding sides proportional and corresponding angles equal: similar triangles.
3. Mathematics. (of two square matrices) related by means of a similarity transformation.
Origin:
1605–15; earlier similary < F similaire or ML similāris, equiv. to L simil(is) like, similar (akin to simul together; cf. simplex ) + -āris -ar 1

Related forms:
sim⋅i⋅lar⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. like, resembling. See same.

Antonyms:
1. different.
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sim·i·lar   (sĭm'ə-lər)   
adj.  
  1. Related in appearance or nature; alike though not identical.
  2. Mathematics Having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional. Used of geometric figures: similar triangles.

[French similaire, from Latin similis, like; see sem-1 in Indo-European roots.]
sim'i·lar·ly adv.
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Sim"i*lar\, a. [F. similaire, fr. L. similis like, similar. See Same, a., and cf. Simulate.]

1. Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects; precisely like.

2. Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects; somewhat like; having a general likeness.

3. Homogenous; uniform. [R.] --Boyle.

Similar figures (Geom.), figures which differ from each other only in magnitude, being made up of the same number of like parts similarly situated.

Similar rectilineal figures, such as have their several angles respectively equal, each to each, and their sides about the equal angles proportional.

Similar solids, such as are contained by the same number of similar planes, similarly situated, and having like inclination to one another.

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Sim"i*lar\, n. That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
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Language Translation for : similar
Spanish: similar, semejante, parecido,
German: ähnlich,
Japanese: 似ている
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similar 
1611 (earlier similary, 1564), from Fr. similaire, from an extended form of L. similis "like," from Old L. semol "together," from PIE base *sem-/*som- "same" (see same).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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