similitude

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Similarity or resemblance to something else.
  2. A way in which two people or things share similitude.
  3. Someone or something that closely resembles another; a duplicate or twin.
  4. A parable or allegory.
  5. A similarity: a transformation of Euclidean space that preserves angles and the ratios of distances.

Pronunciation

/sɪˈmɪlɪtjuːd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-similitude.wav /sɪˈmɪlɪtuːd/

Word forms

similitude similitudes

Etymology

From Old French similitude. By surface analysis, similar + -itude.

Related words

Derived words

antisimilitude consimilitude similitudinal similitudinary
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