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Webster 1913 Edition

Similar

Sim′i-lar

,
Adj.
[F.
similaire
, fr. L.
similis
like, similar. See
Same
,
Adj.
, 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.

Sim′i-lar

,
Noun.
That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.

Webster 1828 Edition

Similar

SIM'ILAR

,
Adj.
[L. similis; Gr. omaloV.] Like; resembling; having a like form or appearance. Similar may signify exactly alike, or having a general likeness, a likeness in the principal points. Things perfectly similar, in their nature, must be of the same essence, or homogeneous; but we generally understand similar to denote a likeness that is not perfect. Many of the statutes of Connecticut are similar to the statutes of Massachusetts on the same subjects. The manners of the several states of New England are similar, the people being derived from common ancestors.

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