Part 416

<hw>A*nal"o*gize</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To employ, or reason by, analogy.</def>

<h1>Analogon</h1> <Xpage=53>

<hw>A*nal"o*gon</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>Analogue.</def>

<h1>Analogous</h1> <Xpage=53>

<hw>A*nal"o*gous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>analogous</ets>, Gr. <?/ according to a due ratio, proportionate; <?/ + <?/ ratio, proportion. See <er>Logic</er>.]</ety> <def>Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion; -- often followed by <i>to</i>.</def>

<blockquote><b>Analogous</b> tendencies in arts and manners. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Decay of public spirit, which may be considered <b>analogous</b> to natural death. <i>J. H. Newman.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>nalogous pole</col> <fld>(Pyroelect.)</fld>, <cd>that pole of a crystal which becomes positively electrified when heated.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Correspondent; similar; like.</syn>

-- <wordforms><wf>A*nal"o gous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>A*nal"o*gous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Analogue</h1> <Xpage=53>

<hw>An"a*logue</hw> <tt>(?; 115)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <?/, fr. Gr. <?/.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which is analogous to, or corresponds with, some other thing.</def>

<blockquote>The vexatious tyranny of the individual despot meets its <b>analogue</b> in the insolent tyranny of the many. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Philol.)</fld> <def>A word in one language corresponding with one in another; an analogous term; <as>as, the Latin "pater" is the <ex>analogue</ex> of the English "father</as>."</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Nat. Hist.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An organ which is equivalent in its functions to a different organ in another species or group, or even in the same group; <as>as, the gill of a fish is the <ex>analogue</ex> of a lung in a quadruped, although the two are not of like structural relations</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A species in one genus or group having its characters parallel, one by one, with those of another group.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A species or genus in one country closely related to a species of the same genus, or a genus of the same group, in another: such species are often called <i>representative species</i>, and such genera, <i>representative genera</i>.</def>

<i>Dana.</i>

<h1>Analogy</h1> <Xpage=53>

<hw>A*nal"o*gy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Analogies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>analogia</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>analogie</ets>. See <er>Analogous</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A resemblance of relations; an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things are otherwise entirely different. Thus, learning <i>enlightens</i> the mind, because it is to the mind what <i>light</i> is to the eye, enabling it to discover things before hidden.</def>

<note>Followed by <i>between</i>, <i>to</i>, or <i>with</i>; as, there is an <i>analogy between</i> these objects, or one thing has an <i>analogy to</i> or <i>with</i> another.</note>

<note>&hand; <i>Analogy</i> is very commonly used to denote similarity or essential resemblance; but its specific meaning is a similarity of <i>relations</i>, and in this consists the difference between the argument from <i>example</i> and that from <i>analogy</i>. In the former, we argue from the mere similarity of two things; in the latter, from the similarity of their <i>relations</i>.</note>

<i>Karslake.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A relation or correspondence in function, between organs or parts which are decidedly different.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>Proportion; equality of ratios.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>Conformity of words to the genius, structure, or general rules of a language; similarity of origin, inflection, or principle of pronunciation, and the like, as opposed to <plu>an/xex>.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<mhw><h1>Analyse, v., Analyser</h1> <Xpage=53>

<hw>An"a*lyse</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v.</tt>, <hw>An"a*ly`ser</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>, etc.</mhw> <def>Same as <plw>Analyze</er>, <er>Analyzer</er>, etc.</def>

<h1>Analysis</h1> <Xpage=53>