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analogy <an analogy; analogies> N

analogy

electrical analogy ACOUS

negative analogy LING

positive analogy LING

underlying analogy LING

water analogy PHYS

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It does not imply any direct connection with the curve called an ellipse, but only a rather far-fetched analogy.
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In analogy with the case of the 2-sphere (see below), the gluing surface is called an equatorial sphere.
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Such an analogy has been exploited in the past in order to generate optical solitons in optical fibers.
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With time, the word began to signify, by analogy, the quantity of grain that could be carried in the lateral satchels of the pack animals.
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Another analogy of a hologram is the way sunlight illuminates objects in the visual field of an observer.
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More generally, it is magical thinking to take a symbol to be its referent or an analogy to represent an identity.
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The sub-arena in the analogy functions as the learning and feedback mechanism of the system.
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The analogy of city-planning is often invoked in this connection, and is instructive.
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According to the analogy, the customers are threads, identified by the letter "i", obtained from a global variable.
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A good analogy for this would be traveling on a highway with traffic flowing in both directions.
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