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Heterology

The absence of correspondence, or relation, in type of structure; lack of analogy between parts, owing to their being composed of different elements, or of like elements in different proportions; variation in structure from the normal form; -- opposed to homology.

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Dissimilarity 76% connected

Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilitude; variety; as, the dissimilarity of human faces and forms.

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Heterologous 74% connected

Characterized by heterology; consisting of different elements, or of like elements in different proportions; different; -- opposed to homologous; as,…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Heterologous 74% connected

Characterized by heterology; consisting of different elements, or of like elements in different proportions; different; -- opposed to homologous; as,…

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Agreement noun · 86% connection

compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and measurement"; "the results of two tests were in corresponden…

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Analog noun · 86% connection

something having the property of being analogous to something else

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Analogue noun · 86% connection

something having the property of being analogous to something else

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Approach noun · 86% connection

a close approximation; "the nearest approach to genius"

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Approximation noun · 86% connection

the quality of coming near to identity (especially close in quantity)

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Correspondence noun · 86% connection

compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and measurement"; "the results of two tests were in corresponden…

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Dissimilitude noun · 86% connection

dissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness

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Distinction noun · 86% connection

a distinguishing difference between similar things or people; "he learned the distinction between gold and lead"

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Distinctiveness noun · 86% connection

utter dissimilarity

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Homogeny noun · 86% connection

(biology) similarity because of common evolution

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Homology noun · 86% connection

the quality of being similar or corresponding in position or value or structure or function

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Homomorphism noun · 86% connection

similarity of form

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Homomorphy noun · 86% connection

similarity of form

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Isomorphism noun · 86% connection

(biology) similarity or identity of form or shape or structure

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Isomorphy noun · 86% connection

(biology) similarity or identity of form or shape or structure

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Likeness noun · 86% connection

similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things; "man created God in his own likeness"

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Linear perspective noun · 86% connection

the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer

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Parallel noun · 86% connection

something having the property of being analogous to something else

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Accommodate verb · 78% connection

To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements…

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Analogical adjective · 78% connection

Founded on, or of the nature of, analogy; expressing or implying analogy.

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Analogist noun · 78% connection

One who reasons from analogy, or represent, by analogy.

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Analogy noun · 78% connection

drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect; "the operation of a computer presents an interesting analogy to th…

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Analyze verb · 78% connection

To subject to analysis; to resolve (anything complex) into its elements; to separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an…

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Asystole noun · 78% connection

absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent ab…

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Balance noun · 78% connection

harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design); "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is…

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Beat noun · 78% connection

A sudden swelling or reenforcement of a sound, recurring at regular intervals, and produced by the interference of sound waves of slig…

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Bite verb · 78% connection

A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper.

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Cardiac arrest noun · 78% connection

absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent ab…

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Cardiopulmonary arrest noun · 78% connection

absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent ab…

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Compound verb · 78% connection

Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts; produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things; composite; as, a…

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Computer architecture noun · 78% connection

the art of assembling logical elements into a computing device; the specification of the relation between parts of a computer system

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