similarity
//ˌsɪm.ɪˈlæɹ.ɪ.ti//
formalForms
- Plural
- similarities
Definitions
1.Closeness of appearance to something else.
2.The relation of sharing properties.
- Hardly is there a similarity detected between two or three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all.
3.A transformation (of a Euclidean space) that preserves angles and the ratios of distances
4.The property of two matrices being similar.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4982
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
From French similarité.
Morphologically similar + -ity