Similarity

Simˊi-lar′i-ty

,

Noun.

;

pl.

-ties

(#)

.

[Cf. F.

similarité

.]

The quality or state of being similar; likeness; resemblance;

as, a

similarity

of features

.

Hardly is there a

similarity

detected between two or three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all.

Sir W. Hamilton.

Similarity

SIMILAR'ITY

,

Noun.

Likeness; resemblance; as a similarity of features. There is a as a similarity in the features of the Laplanders and Samoiedes, but little similarity between the features of Europeans and the woolly haired Africans.

similarity

English

Noun

similarity ‎(plural similarities)

Closeness of appearance to something else.
(philosophy) The relation of sharing properties.
Hardly is there a similarity detected between two or three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all. — Sir W. Hamilton.

Synonyms

resemblance

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Translations

closeness

Arabic: تَشَابُه m ‎(tašābuh)
Asturian: asemeyanza f, semeyanza f
Catalan: semblança f, similitud f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 相似 (zh) ‎(xiāngsì)
Crimean Tatar: oşama, oşav, beñzme, beñzev
Czech: podobnost f
Danish: lighed c
Dutch: gelijkenis (nl) f
Finnish: samankaltaisuus (fi)
French: similarité (fr) f, similitude (fr) f
Friulian: someance f
Galician: semellanza (gl) f, similitude (gl) f
Georgian: მსგავსება ‎(msgavseba)
German: Ähnlichkeit (de) f
Hebrew: דִּמְיוֹן (he) m ‎(dimyón)
Hungarian: hasonlóság (hu)

Italian: similarità, somiglianza (it) f
Japanese: 類似 (ja) ‎(るいじ, ruiji)
Macedonian: сличност f ‎(sličnost)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: likhet (no) m, f
Persian: تشابه (fa)
Polish: podobieństwo (pl) n
Portuguese: semelhança (pt) f, similaridade f
Romanian: similaritate (ro)
Russian: схо́дство (ru) n ‎(sxódstvo), подо́бие (ru) n ‎(podóbije), схо́жесть (ru) f ‎(sxóžestʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: coltas m
Spanish: semejanza (es) f, similitud (es) f, (barbarism) similaridad f
Swedish: likhet (sv) c, similaritet c
Tagalog: pagkakahawig
Telugu: సారూప్యత (te) ‎(sārūpyata), ఒకే పోలిక ‎(okē pōlika)
Turkish: benzerlik (tr)
Ukrainian: схожість f ‎(sxóžistʹ), подібність f ‎(podíbnistʹ)
Venetian: somejansa f

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