Similar
Similar , adjective
[French similaire, from Latin similis like, similar. See Same, a., and compare 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. [Rare] — Boyle
Collocations (3)
Similar figures (Geometry) , 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.
Similar , noun
That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.