similarity
Pluralsimilarities
- 1How much one thing looks like another.
Like two photos that look almost the same.
There's a strong similarity between the twins' faces.
I noticed a similarity between the toy and a real car.
Similarresemblance, likeness, closeness
Oppositedifference, contrast
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- 2The fact that two or more things share some of the same features.
Like putting toys in the same box because they are the same color.
Scientists group these animals by the similarity in their bone structure.
The teacher pointed out the similarity between the two stories' main ideas.
Similarresemblance, likeness
Oppositedifference
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- 3A change that makes a shape bigger or smaller without changing its angles.
Like zooming a photo so it gets bigger but keeps the same shape.
A similarity can shrink a triangle while keeping its corners the same.
Mapmakers rely on a similarity to keep every angle correct at a smaller scale.
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- 4When two matrices describe the same change, just written in different ways.
Like the same song played in a different key: it sounds different but it's the same tune.
The similarity of these two matrices means they really do the same job.
Students checked the similarity between the two matrices in class.
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Practice
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Origin
From French "similarité," and also made from "similar" plus "-ity."