analogous

Senso (Inglese)

  1. Having analogy, the status of an analogue; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or similar proportion (often followed by "to".)
  2. Functionally similar, but arising through convergent evolution rather than being homologous.

Pronunciato come (IPA)
/əˈnæl.ə.ɡəs/
Etimologia (Inglese)

From Latin analogus, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́λογος (ănắlogos); Its English equivalent is analogue + -ous. The application to similar features of organisms is nearly as old as the general sense. Recognizably modern uses of the second sense, distinguishing analogous from homologous, appear in the mid-19th century.

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